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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

2: Commencement

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“When the rules in this law start to apply”

This law tells you when different parts of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 start to work. One part of the Act, called Subpart 4 of Part 5, starts working the day after the Queen or her representative signs the Act. This is called getting Royal assent. All the other parts of the Act start working on 4 April 2016. This means that from that date, you need to follow all the rules in the Act.

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2Commencement

  1. Subpart 4 of Part 5 comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

  2. The rest of this Act comes into force on 4 April 2016.