The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1974

• Citation: S.I. 1974/1439
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1974.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 2 Appointed days

The provisions mentioned in the first column of each of the Schedules to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of each Schedule) shall come into operation—

(a) in the case of the provisions mentioned in Schedule 1, on 1st October 1974;

(b) in the case of the provisions mentioned in Schedule 2, on 1st January 1975; and

(c) in the case of the provisions mentioned in Schedule 3, on 1st April 1975.