- Enforced by
- HSE
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.007
Payment of damages, compensation and fines out of certain funds
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Policing Board or funding authority must pay H&S damages and costsStatutory regulator
7 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Title and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Application of Part II of Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 to police
s.004
Meaning of “at work” in relation to constables
s.005
Right of police not to suffer detriment in health and safety cases
s.006
Right of police not to be dismissed on certain grounds relating to health and safety
s.008
Consequential amendments
Connected legislation
Instruments made under this Act. They carry the detail the Act delegates.
The Police (Health and Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998
SI 1998
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.