The Control of Asbestos (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment1, being the Department concerned2 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 (“the 1972 Act”) and Articles 17(1) to (6)4, 20(2), 54(1) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) to (4), 2(2), 3, 5, 7 to 10, 12(1) and (3), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19785 (“the 1978 Order”).

The Department was designated6 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the regulation and control of classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations and persistent organic pollutants, dangerous substances, preparations and chemicals.