The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 37 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted the Health and Safety Commission (“the Commission”) in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, and having in accordance with subsection (3) of that section required the Commission to consult such persons as it considered appropriate for the purpose of deciding how it should respond to the consultation by the Secretary of State, and a draft of the following Regulations having been laid before Parliament in accordance with subsection (7) of that section and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, hereby makes the following regulations: