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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/456",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-safety-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Assessment and review duty in respect of young persons",
  "text": "In carrying out or reviewing an assessment under section 53 an employer, before employing a young person, must take particular account of the following in respect of harm caused by fire:–\n(a) the inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity of young persons;\n(b) the fitting-out and layout of the relevant premises;\n(c) the nature, degree and duration of exposure to physical and chemical agents;\n(d) the form, range, and use of work equipment, and the way in which it is handled;\n(e) the organisation of processes and activities;\n(f) the extent of the fire safety training provided or to be provided to young persons; and\n(g) risks from agents, processes and work listed in the Annex to Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.10.2006, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 216, 20.8.94, p.12."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/456/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:01.869724+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."
}