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Paragraph 5 Facilities for rest

(1)

Suitable and sufficient rest rooms or rest areas must be provided or made available at readily accessible places.

(2)

Rest rooms and rest areas must—

(a)

be equipped with an adequate number of tables and adequate seating with backs for the number of persons at work likely to use them at any one time;

(b)

where necessary, include suitable facilities for any woman at work who is pregnant or who is a nursing mother to rest lying down;

(c)

include suitable arrangements to ensure that meals can be prepared and eaten;

(d)

include the means for boiling water; and

(e)

be maintained at an appropriate temperature.