Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order brings into operation on 1st April 1999 the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) (Article 2).
The 1998 Order amends the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9), by—
(a)renaming the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland as the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;
(b)providing for the Executive to enforce the provisions of that Order of 1978; and
(c)providing for the Executive to provide the employment medical advisory service.