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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 248 of 1998).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Biological control agents Classification/declassification
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 95/30/EC, Commission Directive 97/59/EC, 1997, and Commission Directive 97/65/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to a biological agent at work, which amended the list of biological agents contained in Council Directive 93/88/EEC. These Regulations replace the list of Biological Agents contained in the Fourth Schedule of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations, 1994 which implemented Council Directives 90/679/EEC and 93/88/EEC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work, with the list contained in the Schedule of these Regulations. In the list, biological agents are classified as Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 agents. This classification is in ascending order of severity. Risk assessment and the provision of vaccination as provided for in Regulations 4 and 6 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations, 1994, respectively, must be carried out with reference to the list of biological agents in accordance with Regulations 4(e)(i) and 6(2)(b) of those Regulations.

Full text
English
Website
www.irishstatutebook.ie

References - Legislation

Amends

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 146 of 1994).

Legislation | Ireland | 1994

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, EIA, Pollution control, Biological control agents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX