# The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996, Regulation 10: Demolition or dismantling


(1) Suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to ensure that the demolition or dismantling of any structure, or any part of any structure, being demolition or dismantling which gives rise to a risk of danger to any person, is planned and carried out in such a manner as to prevent, so far as is practicable, such danger.
(2) Demolition or dismantling to which paragraph (1) applies shall be planned and carried out only under the supervision of a competent person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1592/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/construction-health-safety-and-welfare-regulations-1996/regulation-10
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