Paragraph 13 Protection against other hazardsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Equipment and protective systems must be so designed and manufactured as to—

(a)

avoid physical injury or other harm which might be caused by direct or indirect contact;

(b)

assure that surface temperatures of accessible parts or radiation which would cause a danger, are not produced;

(c)

eliminate non-electrical dangers which are revealed by experience;

(d)

assure that foreseeable conditions of overload do not give rise to dangerous situations.

(2)

Where, for equipment and protective systems, the risks referred to in paragraph (1) are wholly or partly covered by F1any other enactment, these Regulations do not apply or cease to apply in the case of such equipment and protective systems and of such risks upon application of that specific F2enactment.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 13(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 25 para. 36(b)(i) (with Sch. 25 para. 34) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in Sch. 1 para. 13(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 25 para. 36(b)(ii) (with Sch. 25 para. 34) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 8.12.2016, see reg. 1(1)