This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2015/483 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
2015 No. 1393
Health And Safety

The Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to measures relating to the prevention and limitation of the effects of accidents involving dangerous substances2.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19743 (“the 1974 Act”) and section 2(2) of the 1972 Act.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to proposals submitted by the Health and Safety Executive under section 11(3) of the 1974 Act4 after consulting in accordance with section 50(3)5 of that Act.

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 13th July 2015.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Great Britain.

Amendment of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 20152.

In the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 20156, in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “local authority”, for paragraph (b)(v) substitute—

“(v)

an area in Scotland, the council for the local government area;”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Justin Tomlinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/483) (“the 2015 Regulations”) implemented Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (O.J. No. L 197, 24.7.2012, p.1) (“the Seveso III Directive”).

As part of the implementation of the Seveso III Directive, the 2015 Regulations give specified functions to a local authority as defined in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations. These Regulations correct an error by amending, in relation to Scotland, the definition of local authority.

No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as its only purpose is to correct an error in the 2015 Regulations.