1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.
(2) These Regulations apply—
(a)within Great Britain; and
(b)apart from paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 (cylinder colouring), outside Great Britain as sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the 1974 Act apply by virtue of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013(1).
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.