Health and Safety Legislation
STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND
2013 No. 108 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made 18th April 2013 11th May 2013
Coming into operation -
The Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment(a),being the Department concerned(b) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2)(c) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 7(1), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(d)(“the 1978 Order”). The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(e) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(f) of the 1978 Order. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 11th May 2013. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations— “healthcare contractor” means an employer whose main activity is not the management, organisation or provision of healthcare, but who provides services under contract to a healthcare employer; “healthcare employer” means an employer whose main activity is the management, organisation and provision of healthcare; “injury” includes infection; “medical sharp” means an object or instrument necessary for the exercise of specific healthcare activities, which is able to cut, prick or cause injury;
(a) Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I.11), Article 3 (b) See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9) (c) Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I.17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2) (d) S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to
2013 No. 108 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made 18th April 2013 11th May 2013
Coming into operation -
The Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment(a),being the Department concerned(b) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2)(c) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 7(1), 13, 14(1), 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(d)(“the 1978 Order”). The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(e) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(f) of the 1978 Order. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 11th May 2013. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations— “healthcare contractor” means an employer whose main activity is not the management, organisation or provision of healthcare, but who provides services under contract to a healthcare employer; “healthcare employer” means an employer whose main activity is the management, organisation and provision of healthcare; “injury” includes infection; “medical sharp” means an object or instrument necessary for the exercise of specific healthcare activities, which is able to cut, prick or cause injury;
(a) Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I.11), Article 3 (b) See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9) (c) Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I.17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2) (d) S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to