Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
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49 Adaptation of enactments to metric units or appropriate metric units.
(1) Regulations made under this subsection may amend— (a) any of the relevant statutory provisions; or (b) any provision of an enactment which relates to any matter relevant to any of the general purposes of this Part but is not among the relevant statutory provisions; or (c) any provision of an instrument made or having effect under any such enactment as is mentioned in the preceding paragraph, by substituting an amount or quantity expressed in metric units for an amount or quantity not so expressed or by substituting an amount or quantity expressed in metric units of a description specified in the regulations for an amount or quantity expressed in metric units of a different description. (2) The amendments shall be such as to preserve the effect of the provisions mentioned except to such extent as in the opinion of the authority making the regulations is necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms. (3) Regulations made . . . under this subsection may, in the case of a provision which falls within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) above and contains words which refer to units other than metric units, repeal those words if the authority making the regulations is of the opinion that those words could be omitted without altering the effect of that provision. (4) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State . . ..
49 Adaptation of enactments to metric units or appropriate metric units.
(1) Regulations made under this subsection may amend— (a) any of the relevant statutory provisions; or (b) any provision of an enactment which relates to any matter relevant to any of the general purposes of this Part but is not among the relevant statutory provisions; or (c) any provision of an instrument made or having effect under any such enactment as is mentioned in the preceding paragraph, by substituting an amount or quantity expressed in metric units for an amount or quantity not so expressed or by substituting an amount or quantity expressed in metric units of a description specified in the regulations for an amount or quantity expressed in metric units of a different description. (2) The amendments shall be such as to preserve the effect of the provisions mentioned except to such extent as in the opinion of the authority making the regulations is necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms. (3) Regulations made . . . under this subsection may, in the case of a provision which falls within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) above and contains words which refer to units other than metric units, repeal those words if the authority making the regulations is of the opinion that those words could be omitted without altering the effect of that provision. (4) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State . . ..
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