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L.N. 122 of 2020
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 
(CAP. 424)
Control of Major Accident Hazards 
(Amendment) Regulations, 2020
I N  E X E R C I S E  o f  t h e  p o w e r s  c onferred by article 12 of the
Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, the Minister
responsible for Health, after consultation with the Occupationa l Health
and Safety Authority, has made  the following regulations:-
Citation 
S.L. 424.19.1. The title of these regulations is the Control of Major
Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, and these
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Control  o f
Major Accident Hazards Regulati ons, hereinafter referred to as "the
principal regulations".
Amends 
regulation 5 of 
the principal regulations.2. Paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 5 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(a) for new establishments, a reasonable period of time
prior to the start of construction or operation, or prior to th e
modifications leading to a change  in the inventory of dangerous
substances;".
Amends regulation 6 of 
the principal 
regulations.3. Paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 6 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(a) for new establishments, a reasonable period of time
prior to the start of construction or operation, or prior to th e
modifications leading to a change  in the inventory of dangerous
substances;".
Amends regulation 8 of the principal 
regulations.4. Paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 8 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(a) for new establishments, a reasonable period of time
prior to the start of construction or operation, or prior to th e
modifications leading to a change  in the inventory of dangerous
substances;".
Amends 
regulation 10 of the principal 
regulations.5. Paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 10 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(a) for new establishments, a reasonable period of time
prior to the start of construction or operation, or prior to th e
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modifications leading to a change in the inventory of dangerous
substances;".
Amends 
regulation 14 of the principal 
regulations.6. Immediately after sub-regulat ion (8) of regulation 14 of the
principal regulations there shall be added the following new su b-
regulations:
"(9) The competent authority shall accept equivalent
information submitted by operators in accordance with other
relevant Union legislation, which fulfils any of the requiremen ts
of these regulations for the purposes of these regulations. In such
cases the competent authority sh all ensure that the requirement s
of these regulations are complied with.
(10) The competent authority shall take steps to provide
mechanisms and tools for exchanging experience andconsolidating knowledge, and to p articipate in such mechanisms
at Union level where appropriate.".
Amends 
regulation 19 of 
the principal regulations.7. Paragraph (b) of sub-regulati on (3) of regulation 19 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(b) The Environment and Re sources Authority shall be
the enforcing authority for the provisions relating to the
environment, at an establishment to which any of these
regulations apply.".
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