S.I. No. 423/1981 - Safety in Industry (Operations At Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1981.

I, LIAM KAVANAGH, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 26 (2) of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955) (as amended by section 7 (d) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980 ), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), hereby make the following regulations:—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safety in Industry (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1981.

(2) The Factories (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 173 of 1956 ), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Safety in Industry (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1956 and 1981.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1982.

2. Paragraphs (2) and (4) of Regulation 3 of the Factories (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1956, shall each be construed and have effect as if the word “male” were deleted.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations repeal the word “male” in paragraphs (2) and (4) of Regulations 3 of the Factories (Operations at Unfenced Machinery) Regulations, 1956.