2.1 The Management of Health and Safety at Work 2006_.pdf

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2006 No. 438 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2006 Made - - - - 23rd February 2006 Laid before Parliament 28th February 2006 Coming into force - - 6th April 2006 The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b), in relation to measures relating to employers’ obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(c) and by sections 15(1) and (2) and 47(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974(d) (“the 1974 Act”) 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 the 1974 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006. Amendment to Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 2. For regulation 22 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999(e) there shall be substituted the following regulation — “Restriction of civil liability for breach of statutory duty 22.—(1) Breach of a duty imposed on an employer by these Regulations shall not confer a right o