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Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations
United Kingdom legislation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 specify the safety signs within Great Britain,[1] Northern Ireland has a similar law.[2] It was issued as a transposition of the European directive 92/58/EEC and replaced The Safety Signs Regulations 1980.[1] They consist of "traditional safety signs", such as prohibitory and warning signs, hand signals, spoken and acoustic signals and hazard marking.[3]
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Statutory Instrument | |
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Citation | SI 1996/341 |
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Territorial extent | Great Britain |
Dates | |
Made | 18 February 1996 |
Laid before Parliament | 23 February 1996 |
Commencement | 1 April 1996 |
Other legislation | |
Repeals/revokes | Safety Signs Regulations 1980 |
Transposes | Directive 92/58/EEC |
Status: Current legislation | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
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