1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 16th January 2006.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1978 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“employment medical adviser” means an employment medical adviser appointed under Article 48(3) of the 1978 Order(1); and
“renewal of approval” or “renewal of licence” means respectively the granting of an approval or licence to follow a previous approval or licence without any amendment or gap in time.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Article 48(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 5(c)