General provisionsE+W+S
20.—(1) In sub-paragraph (d) of regulation 19(2) of The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989(1), for the words “Commission Directive 88/35/EEC(2)” there shall be substituted the words “Commission Directives 88/35/EEC(3), 91/269/EEC(4) and 94/44/ EC(5)” and, for the purposes of the enforcement of that sub-paragraph, this substitution shall have effect as if it had been made under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(6).
(2) Subject to regulation 1(2) above, in respect of any equipment, protective system, device or component to which these Regulations apply, there shall be disapplied—
(a)in the Coal and Other Mines (Locomotives) Regulations 1956(7)—
(i)paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 3; and
(ii)regulations 4 and 5;
(b)in both The Bentinck Mine (Diesel Engined Stone Dusting Machine) Regulations 1976(8) and The Point of Ayr Mine (Diesel Vehicles) Regulations 1980(9), regulation 4; and
(c)in the Regulations specified in the first column of Schedule 15 hereto, the regulations respectively specified in the third column of that Schedule.
OJ No. L20, 26.1.88, p. 28.
OJ No. L20, 26.1.88, p. 28.
OJ No. L134, 29.5.91, p. 51.
OJ No. L248, 23.9.94, p. 22.
1974 c. 37; section 15 was amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraph 6. There are other amendments to section 15 which are not relevant to this provision.