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Section 7: Requirements to wear safety helmets: exemption for Sikhs: Northern Ireland

Deregulation Act 2015 · 2015 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

Article 13 of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/246) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (8).

In paragraph (1), for "on a construction site" substitute ." at a workplace "

In paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a), for "on a construction site" substitute ." at a workplace "

In paragraph (5), in the opening words, for "on a construction site" substitute ." at a workplace "

After paragraph (6) insert—

In paragraph (7)—

omit the definitions of "building operations", "works of engineering construction" and "construction site";
before the definition of "injury", insert—"Her Majesty's forces" has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006;;
at the end insert—"workplace" means any premises where work is being undertaken, including premises occupied or normally occupied as a private dwelling; and "premises" includes any place and, in particular, includes—aany vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft,bany installation (including a floating installation or one resting on the seabed or its subsoil or on other land covered with water or its subsoil), andcany tent or moveable structure.

In paragraph (8), in sub-paragraph (b), for "on a construction site" substitute ." at a workplace "

In the heading, for "on construction sites" substitute ." at workplaces "

Article 13A of that Order (protection of Sikhs from racial discrimination in connection with requirements as to wearing of safety helmets) is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1)—

in sub-paragraph (a), for "on a construction site" substitute ;" at a workplace "
in sub-paragraph (b), for "on such a site" substitute ." at such a workplace "

In paragraph (3), for "Paragraphs (7) and (8)" substitute ." Paragraphs (6A) to (8) "

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