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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/266",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-electromagnetic-fields-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Obligation to eliminate or reduce risks",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) Measures taken under paragraph (1) shall—\n(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; and\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/266/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:49.544396+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}