The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 553

HEALTH AND SAFETY

TRANSPORT

The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997

Made

28th February 1997

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1997

Coming into force

10th May 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a) and (6)(a) and (b), 18, 47(2) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(c) and 18(a) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1)(“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to the proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 53(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations—

(1)

1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively; the general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 117 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43).