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The Agriculture (Metrication) Regulations 1981
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend:—
the Agriculture (First Aid) Regulations 1957,
the Agriculture (Ladders) Regulations 1957,
the Agriculture (Power Take-Off) Regulations 1957,
the Agriculture (Circular Saws) Regulations 1959,
the Agriculture (Safeguarding of Workplaces) Regulations 1959,
the Agriculture (Stationary Machinery) Regulations 1959,
the Agriculture (Threshers and Balers) Regulations 1960,
the Agriculture (Field Machinery) Regulations 1962,
the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974,
by substituting amounts or quantities expressed in metric units for amounts or quantities not so expressed. The substituted amounts preserve the effect of the original provisions except to the extent necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms.
Regulation 3 provides that the amendments do not relate to premises, plant or articles in existence or to premises or plant under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations if those premises or that plant or article complied with the then existing Regulations.
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