Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Deregulation Act 2015 (Health and Safety at Work) (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st October 2015.
Consequential amendments to regulations made under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
2. The Schedule, which contains amendments to regulations made under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1) in consequence of the provisions of section 1 of the Deregulation Act 2015, has effect.
Review
3.—(1) Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review of this Order;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by this Order;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(3) “Review period” means the period of five years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Justin Tomlinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
31st August 2015