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The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
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2013 No. 645
Health And Safety
The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
Made
18th March 2013
Laid before Parliament
21st March 2013
Coming into force
11th May 2013
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and (2) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 8(1), 14, 15(1), 16 and 20 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1) (“the 1974 Act”).
The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Secretary of State by the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3) of the 1974 Act.
Before submitting those proposals to the Secretary of State, the Health and Safety Executive consulted the bodies that appeared to it to be appropriate as required by section 50(3) of the 1974 Act.
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1974 c.37; sections 11(1) and 50(3) were amended by S.I. 2008/960; sections 15(1) and 50(3) were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71), section 125 and Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16(3) respectively; section 50(3) was further amended by the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c.17), section 11(1), Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1) and (3).
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