SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Amendments of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
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In section 22 (prohibition notices)—
(a)
in subsections (1) and (2)
(notices in respect of activities which are or are about to be carried on and involve a risk of serious personal injury), for the word
“about”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “
“likely
”
;
(b)
for subsection (4)
(notice to have immediate effect only if the risk is imminent) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(4)
A direction contained in a prohibition notice in pursuance of subsection (3)(d) above shall take effect—
(a)
at the end of the period specified in the notice; or
(b)
if the notice so declares, immediately.”