The Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 255

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

8th June 2006

Coming into operation

17th July 2006

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1), being a Department designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) in relation to measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and being the Department concerned(4), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(5), 17(1), (2), (3), and (5)(5), 43(2), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 5(1), 6, 7(1), 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17(a) of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(6) (“the 1978 Order”). The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(c)(7) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(8) of the 1978 Order.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Economic Development, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3 and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

(2)

S.I. 1999/2027

(3)

1972 c. 68; the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51)

(4)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(5)

Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)

(6)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1). Article 55(2) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 19

(7)

Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

(8)

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18