Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2022 No. 9

Health And Safety

The Mines (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made

20th January 2022

Coming into operation

21st March 2022

The Department for the Economy, being the Department concerned(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2) and paragraphs 7, 8 and 12(3) of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”)(2).

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department concerned by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(3) of the 1978 Order after carrying out consultation in accordance with Article 46(3)(4) of the 1978 Order.

(1)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9). Formerly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; see 2016 c. 5, section 1(3); that Department was 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

(2)

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). Articles 17(4) and 55(2) were amended and Article 20(2) substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1

(3)

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

(4)

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