New Legislation made in 2012
(as of 6th December 2012)
The purpose of these Regulations is to further amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 504 of 2006), as previously amended by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 130 of 2008), the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 423 of 2008), the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 523 of 2010) and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 461 of 2012), by deleting Regulation 4(5) and substituting revised provisions for
Regulations 87(1)(e) and Schedule 6.
These Regulations shall come into operation from 1st June 2013.
These Regulations shall come into operation from 1st January 2013. These Regulations amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 299 of 2007) as previously amended by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 732 of 2007) and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application)(Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 176 of 2010) by inserting a new Part 10 and Schedule 12 to the Regulations relating to Pressure Systems.
The new Part 10 and Schedule 12 set out the requirements for the design, construction, safe operation, examination and testing of pressure equipment. They also provide for the maintaining of records of tests and examinations of such equipment. These provisions apply to all workplaces, in all industry sectors, that utilise pressure systems as part of their operations. These Regulations revoke and replace 7 individual sets of Regulations-
(a) Factories (Preparation of Steam Boilers for Examination) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 174 of 1956),
(b) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 183 of 1956),
(c) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Receivers) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 184 of 1956),
(d) Factories (Report of Examination of Air Receivers) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 185 of 1956),
(e) Factories (Report of Examination of Air Receivers) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 357 of 1978),
(f) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Receivers) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 358 of 1978), and
(g) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 359 of 1978).
The purpose of this Order is to activate the repeal as provided for in section 4(2) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) in as much as it relates to the following Acts:
(a) the Boiler Explosions Act 1882,
(b) the Boiler Explosions Act 1890, and
(c) sections 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the Factories Act 1955.
This Order shall come into operation from 1st January 2013.