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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 279

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

27th May 2005

Coming into operation

11th July 2005

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1), being the Department concerned(2), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5), (6)(3) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2) and (3), 8, 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(4) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of that Order(5) after the carrying out by the said Executive of consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) of that Order(6), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

Formerly the Department of Economic Development: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

(2)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(3)

Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)

(4)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Article 3(1). Article 47A was inserted by Article 3, and Article 2 was amended by Articles 4 and 8 of S.I. 1997/1774 (N.I. 16)

(5)

Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

(6)

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1 paragraphs 8 and 18(c)