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S.I. No. 521/2015 - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Docks) (Revocation) Regulations 2015.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Docks) (Revocation) Regulations 2015.
2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2016.
3. The following Regulations are revoked
(
a
) the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1960 (
S.I. No. 279 of 1960
), and
(
b
) the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) (Forms) Regulations 1965 (
S.I. No. 63 of 1965
).
GIVEN under my hand,
19 November 2015.
GERALD NASH,
Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The purpose of these Regulations is to revoke
(
a
) the remaining provisions of the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1960 (
S.I. No. 279 of 1960
); and
(
b
) the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare)(Forms) Regulations 1965 (
S.I. No. 63 of 1963
);in its entirety.
These revocations are required to be introduced in parallel with the publication and coming into operation of the Health and Safety Authority’s Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Dock Work to ensure the avoidance of any possible overlap in related legislation upon the coming into effect of the Code of Practice on 1 January 2016.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
24
th November
, 2015.
I, GERALD NASH, Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 58
of the
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
(No. 10 of 2005) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (
S.I. No. 245 of 2011
) and the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2014 (
S.I. No. 545 of 2014
), hereby make the following regulations