LegalizeS.I. No. 207/1979 - European Communities (Wire-Ropes, Chains and Hooks) Regulations, 1979
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S.I. No. 207 of 1979.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (WIRE-ROPES, CHAINS AND HOOKS) REGULATIONS, 1979.
I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive^1 73/361/EEC of the 19th day of November, 1973, and Commission Directive^276/434/EEC of the 13th day of April, 1976, hereby make the following regulations:
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Wire-Ropes, Chains and Hooks) Regulations, 1979.
2.
These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15th day of June, 1979.
3.
Nothing contained in any Enactment or Regulation specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting, for reasons of certification or marking, the placing on the market of lifting equipment referred to in Article 1 of Council Directive 73/361/EEC of the 19th day of November, 1973.
SCHEDULE.
Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955);
Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1960 );
Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) (Forms) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 63 of 1965 );
Quarries (General) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1974 );
Construction (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 282 of 1975 );
Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 322 of 1975 );
Mines (General) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 331 of 1975 ).
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of June, 1979.
GENE FITZGERALD,
Minister for Labour.
^1OJ No. L 335/51, 5/12/73, pp. 51 to 54.
^2OJ No. L 122/20, 8/5/66, pp. 20 to 23.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations stipulate that nothing contained in the Factories Act, 1955 and the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 , or in relevant regulations made under either Act, shall be construed, for reasons of certification or marking, as prohibiting or restricting the placing on the market of certain lifting equipment.
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