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HEALTH AND SAFETY
Made
30th July 1976
Laid before Parliament
12th August 1976
Coming into Operation
6th September 1976
The Secretary of State in exercise of his powers under section 14(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of that Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety Inquiries (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 6th September 1976.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. The Health and Safety Inquiries (Procedure) Regulations 1975(1) shall be amended as follows:—
(a)in Regulation 2(1)—
(i)in the definition of “appointed person” omit the words “or by the appropriate Agriculture Minister, as the case may be,”;
(ii)omit the definition of “the appropriate Agriculture Minister”.
(b)in Regulation 3—
(i)in paragraph (1), omit the words “or under that provision as modified in relation to agriculture by section 32 of and Schedule 4 to that Act”;
(ii)omit paragraph (2).
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
John Grant
Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Employment
30th July 1976
These Regulations amend the Health and Safety Inquiries (Procedure) Regulations 1975. The amendments are consequential on amendments of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71), which transferred to the Health and Safety Commission responsibilities for farm safety.
(1975 I, p. 1039).
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