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Regulation 20 Emergency procedures

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(1)

Where necessary in the interests of the health and safety of any person on a construction site, there shall be prepared and, when necessary, implemented suitable and sufficient arrangements for dealing with any forseeable emergency, which arrangements shall include procedures for any necessary evacuation of the site or any part thereof.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), arrangements prepared pursuant to that paragraph shall have regard to those matters set out in paragraph (4) of regulation 19.

(3)

Where arrangements are prepared pursuant to paragraph (1), suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to ensure that—

(a)

every person to whom the arrangements extend is familiar with those arrangements; and

(b)

the arrangements are tested by being put into effect at suitable intervals.