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F1PART I N.I.INTRODUCTORY

F1mod. by SR 2001/295

Title and commencementN.I.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

(2) Commencement

InterpretationN.I.

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In this Order—

(3) In this Order any reference to an enforcing authority's field of responsibility is a reference to the field over which that authority's responsibility for the enforcement of any of the relevant statutory provisions extends for the time being.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) for the purposes of this Order—

(a)“work” means work as an employee or as a self-employed person;

(b)an employee is at work throughout the time when he is in the course of his employment, but not otherwise;F4. . .

[F4(bb)a person holding the office of constable is at work throughout the time when he is on duty, but not otherwise; and]

(c)a self-employed person is at work throughout such time as he devotes to work as a self-employed person.

(5) Regulations may—

(a)extend the meaning of “work” and “at work”; and

(b)in that connection provide for any of the relevant statutory provisions to have effect subject to such adaptations as may be specified in the regulations.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)