The Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1639

Health And Safety

The Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014

Made

23rd June 2014

Laid before Parliament

1st July 2014

Coming into force

1st October 2014

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations—

(a) in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1)(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c), (4)(a)(2), (5) and (9), 43(2), (4), (5) and (6), 80(1) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2), (3), (5), 2(1), 3, 4, 9 and 12 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(3) (“the 1974 Act”);

(b) for the purposes of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by—

(i) the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3)(4) of the 1974 Act; and

(ii) the Office for Nuclear Regulation under section 81(1)(a)(iv) of the Energy Act 2013(5) (“the 2013 Act”); and

(c) it appearing to him that the repeals of the provisions of the Acts marked with an asterisk in Part 1 of Schedule 3 are expedient as set out in section 80(1) of the 1974 Act and that it was not appropriate to consult bodies in respect of those repeals in accordance with section 80(4)(6) of that Act.

Before submitting proposals for these Regulations to the Secretary of State, the Health and Safety Executive has carried out consultations in accordance with section 50(3)(7) of the 1974 Act, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation has carried out consultations in accordance with section 81(3) of the 2013 Act.

(1)

See sections 53(1) and 15(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 for a definition of “health and safety regulations”.

(2)

See sections 53(1) and 10(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 for a definition of “the Executive”.

(3)

1974 c.37; section 15(1) was amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraph 6, and S.I. 2002/794; section 15(2) was amended by the Energy Act 2013 (c.32), Schedule 12, paragraph 5(3); section 15(3)(c) was amended by the Energy Act 2013, Schedule 12, paragraph 5(4); section 15(4)(a) was amended by S.I. 2008/960; section 43(6) was amended the Employment Protection Act 1975, Schedule 15, paragraph 12 and S.I. 2002/794; Schedule 3, paragraph 2 was amended by the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c.2), Schedule 4, paragraph 12, Table Part I.

(4)

Section 11 was substituted by S.I. 2008/960 and amended by the Energy Act 2013, Schedule 2, paragraph 2.

(5)

2013 c.32.

(6)

Section 80(4) was substituted by the Employment Protection Act 1975, Schedule 15, paragraph 19 and amended by S.I. 2002/794.

(7)

Section 50(3) was amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975, Schedule 15, paragraph 16(3); the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Schedule 7, paragraphs 4 and 6; the Energy Act 2013, Schedule 12, paragraph 11(4), and S.I. 2008/960.