Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
[F1health and safety
Made
21st January 2008
Coming into operation
10th March 2008
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1), being the Department concerned(2), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) and Articles 40(2) and (4), 49 and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(4).
The Department was designated(5) for the purposes of the said section 2(2) in relation to the notification and control of substances and the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms.
The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of the 1978 Order(6).]
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (27.4.2009) by The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/132), regs. 1(1), 13(1)
Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3
See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
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)
S.I. 1981/1536 for the designation in relation to the notification and control of substances and S.I. 1991/755 in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms
Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4