Regulation 9 Obligation to eliminate or reduce risks

(1)

The employer shall ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risks identified in the most recent risk assessment under regulation 8 are eliminated or reduced to a minimum.

(2)

Measures taken under paragraph (1) shall—

(a)

be based on the general principles of prevention set out in Schedule 1 to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f1; and

(b)

take into account technical progress, the potential to restrict access to parts of the workplace, and the availability of measures to control the production of electromagnetic fields at source.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2000 No. 388, as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 348, S.R. 2003 No. 454, S.R. 2006 No. 255, S.R. 2011 No. 350 and S.R. 2015 No. 265; revoked in part by S.R. 2007 No. 291