# The Docks Regulations 1988, Regulation 19: Welfare amenities and protective clothing


(1) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of persons at work welfare amenities which are in all the circumstances adequate and suitable.
(2) If an employee is to work in a part of dock premises where there is a foreseeable risk of injury to the head and a suitable safety helmet would provide protection against that risk, his employer shall provide the employee with such a helmet, and the employee shall wear the helmet in a proper manner when working there.
(3) If an employee is to work on foot in an area in dock premises—
(a) where roll-on and roll-off operations are carried out,
(b) where work with straddle carriers is carried out, or
(c) which is a lorry park,
his employer shall provide the employee with a suitable high visibility garment, and the employee shall wear the garment in a proper manner when so working there; except that in the case of an area described in sub-paragraph (c) above, the garment need only be provided and worn if it is necessary for the employee’s safety.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a)“roll-on and roll-off operations” means the driving of vehicles onto and off ships carried out on the shoreside approach to the ship, on the means of access to the ship, or on board the ship.
(5) Every self-employed person shall wear in a proper manner a suitable safety helmet or a suitable high visibility garment in the circumstances where an employee would be required by paragraphs (2) or (3), as the case may be, to wear such a helmet or garment provided to him under the appropriate paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1655/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/docks-regulations-1988/regulation-19
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