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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1713/regulation/8</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997</dc:title><dc:subject>Health and safety at work</dc:subject><dc:subject>Health and safety requirements</dc:subject><dc:subject>Safety</dc:subject><dc:subject>Health and safety policies</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">HEALTH AND SAFETY</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-02-15</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>1998-04-01</dct:valid>
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<Text>These Regulations shall, subject to regulation 2 above, apply to and in relation to the premises and activities outside Great Britain to which sections 1 to 59 and 80 of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 c. 37">1974 Act</Abbreviation> apply by virtue of paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e) of article 8 of the Health and Safety at Work <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> Act 1974 (Application Outside Great Britain) Order 1995<FootnoteRef Ref="f00004"/> as they apply within Great Britain but they shall not apply in any case where at the relevant time article 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the said Order applies.</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/263" id="c00017" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="0263">S.I. 1995/263</Citation>.</Text>
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