Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Part IIAmendments

1.  In regulation 9 of the Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for the words “in paragraph A.3.3 of Appendix A to Part I of BS5378” there shall be substituted the words “for the purpose of indicating ‘ear protection must be worn’ in paragraph 3.3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 119)”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), the words from ‘and “Part I of BS5378” ’ to the end of the paragraph shall be deleted.

2.  In the Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(2)—

(a) in regulation 2(1)—

(i) after the definition of “the 1995 Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Safety Signs Regulations” means the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 119);”, and

(ii) the definition of “Part I of BS5378” shall be deleted;

(b) in regulation 5(2), for the words “clause 3.6 of Part I of BS5378” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 3.2 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Safety Signs Regulations”;

(c) for regulation 6(3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) The safety signs referred to in paragraph (1) shall be warning signs as defined by paragraph 3.2 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Safety Signs Regulations, and all such signs shall comply with that Part with respect to colours and layout.”

(1)

S.R. 1990 No. 147, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(2)

S.R. 1992 No. 71; regulation 2(1) was amended by S.R. 1995 No. 47 regulation 17(4)(a)