The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Citation, commencement and extent

1.  These Regulations, which extend to Great Britain, may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 3rd February 1999.

Amendment of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1996

2.  The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1996(1) shall be amended by the addition of the following paragraphs at the end of regulation 2(2)(a)—

“(iv) Council Directive 96/35/EC(2) on the appointment and vocational qualification of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway,

(v) Commission Directive 96/86/EC(3) adapting to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC(4) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road,

(vi) Commission Directive 96/87/EC(5) adapting to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC(6) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail,

(vii) Commission Directive(7) of 5 October 1998 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 94/55/EC and Commission Directive 96/86/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road, and

(viii) Commission Directive(8) of 5 October 1998 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC and Commission Directive 96/87/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; and.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Larry Whitty

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

12th January 1999