Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Health And Safety
Made
25th March 2009
Coming into operation
27th April 2009
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1), being the Department concerned(2), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) and Articles 40(2) and (4), 49 and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(4).
The Department was designated(5) for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms.
The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of the 1978 Order(6).
Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3
See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
1972 c. 68: the enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51). Section 2(2) was further amended by section 27(1), and paragraphs 2 and 3 by section 27(2), of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (C. 51).
Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4