LegalizeThe Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 etc. (Repeals) Regulations 1976
Made: 26th November 1976
Laid before Parliament: 7th December 1976
Coming into Operation: 1st January 1977
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1) and (3)(a) and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974(“the 1974 Act”) as amended by section 116 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the Employment Protection Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 etc. (Repeals) Regulations 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1977.
- (2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Repeals—the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963
2
In the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Revocations—instruments under the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963
3
- (1) The following instruments, that is to say:—
- (a) the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (Modification of Section 29) Regulations 1964[^f00001]; and
- (b) the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Annual Reports Order 1967[^f00002],
are hereby revoked.
- (2) In the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Forms Order 1964[^f00003] Regulation 2 and Schedule 1 are hereby revoked.
Supplemental
4
These Regulations shall not affect the validity of anything done under any provision repealed by the Regulations before the coming into operation of the Regulations.
SCHEDULE — REPEALS OF PROVISIONS OF THE OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT 1963
| 1 | 2 |
|---|---|
| Provisions | Extent of repeal |
| Sections 28 to 41. | The whole section in each case. |
| Section 42. | Subsections (11) and (12). Subsection (13) except in relation to offences committed before 1st January 1977. Subsections (14) to (16) . |
| Section 43. | Subsections (9) and (10). Subsection (11) except in relation to offences committed before 1st January 1977. Subsections (12) to (14) . |
| Section 52. | In subsection (1), paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the words “as regards any other section or regulations” and “for the enforcement of that section or those regulations”. Subsection (2). In subsection (4) the words “(except sections 28, 29 and 30 and regulations under section 35)”. In subsection (5) the words from “other than provisions” to the end of the subsection. In subsection (6) the words “(except sections 28, 29 and 30 and regulations under section 35)”. |
| Section 53. | The whole section, so far as still in operation. |
| Section 55. | The whole section, so far as aforesaid. |
| Section 60. | Subsection (1). Subsection (2) except in relation to reports made before 1st January 1977. |
| Section 63. | In subsection (2) the words “28, 29(6), 30(1), 33 to 38” except in relation to offences committed before 1st January 1977. |
| Section 64. | The whole section except in relation to offences under sections 28 to 38, 42(16) and 43(14) committed before 1st January 1977. |
| Section 70. | Subsection (1) so far as still in operation. |
| Section 71. | Subsection (2). |
| Section 73. | In subsection (1) the words from “in order to comply with a requirement” to “the said section 30(4)”. |
| Section 76. | Subsections (1) and (2). |
| Section 83. | In subsection (1) the words “28, 29(1) and (11), 33, 34, 35(1), 36 to 38” . Subsection (3) . In subsection (5) the words “and 53”. |
| Section 90. | The definition of “fire certificate”. |
Signed
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
John Grant — Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department of Employment — 26th November 1976
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations contain repeals of provisions of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 and instruments thereunder relating to fire precautions.
They are made in consequence of the coming into operation on 1st January 1977 of—
- (i) The Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises) Order 1976 ;
- (ii) The Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations 1976; and
- (iii) The Fire Precautions (Non-Certificated Factory, Office, Shop and Railway Premises) Regulations 1976,
which together supersede the provisions repealed by these Regulations.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: (1964 II, p. 1624).
[^f00002]: (1967 III, p. 4576).
[^f00003]: (1964 I, p. 1091).
Reading this document does not replace reading the official text published on legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We assume no responsibility for any inaccuracies arising from the conversion of the original CLML XML to this format.
This text is published under legislation.gov.uk's own terms of reuse, not a Legalize or public-domain licence.
legislation.gov.uk
Open Government Licence v3.0 (attribution required)
© Crown and database right. Derived from content available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 from legislation.gov.uk.