2009 No. 296
Health And Safety

The Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722. The Department has been designated for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the transport of dangerous or environmentally hazardous goods by road or rail and by water3.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 21st September 2009.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19544 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032.

(1)

The Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20035 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the Directives”—

(a)

omit the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (s);

(b)

after the word “and” which follows sub-paragraph (t) insert—

“(u)

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods6; and”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 18th August 2009

M.Bohill
A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) extend the reference to dangerous substances in Article 3(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”) to include environmentally hazardous substances. The purpose of the 2003 Regulations is to enable regulations to be made under Article 17 of the 1978 Order to implement any obligation imposed by the Directives referred to in regulation 2(1) of the 2003 Regulations.

These Regulations amend regulation 2(1) of the 2003 Regulations to add a reference to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (O.J. No. L260, 30.9.2008, p. 13) so that regulations can be made under Article 17 of the 1978 Order to implement any obligation imposed by this Directive.

These Regulations have no impact on business.