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Other statutory provisions permitting the serving of notices |
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| | | | | | Section 2 of the Employment of Children Act 1973 |
| | | | | | Section 559 of the Education Act 1996 |
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3 | Amendment of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
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(1) | The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) is amended as follows. |
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(2) | In section 16(1) (powers of Health and Safety Commission to approve and |
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issues codes of practice), after the word “regulations”, insert the words “or of |
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sections 309D and 309E of the Companies Act 1985”. |
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(3) | In section 37 (offences by bodies corporate), after subsection (2), insert— |
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“(3) | In determining whether a company director has committed an offence |
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under subsection (1), consideration shall be given to the duties imposed |
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on directors by sections 309D and 309E of the Companies Act 1995.” |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Health and Safety (Directors’ Duties) Act 2005. |
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(2) | This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning |
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with the day on which it is passed. |
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(3) | This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland. |
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