4.—(1) The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (2) omit the definition of “Directive 2014/27/EU”; and
(b)for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) Subject to paragraph (2), words and expressions used in the Regulations have the same meaning as in Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the health and safety of workers at work M2, as it had effect immediately before [F1IP completion day”].
(3) In regulation 8(1)(b) (new or expectant mothers) for “Annexes I and II of Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the health and safety at work of pregnant workers who have recently given birth or are breast-feeding, as amended by Directive 2014/27/EU” substitute “ Annex A and B of Merchant Shipping Notice 1890 (M+F) ”.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 4(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Merchant Shipping (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1000), regs. 1, 2
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1997/2962, amended by S.I. 2015/21; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
M2OJ No. L 183, 29.06.1989, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p. 1.