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Article 5 General duties of employers and self-employed to persons other than their employeesF1

F2F3F4(1)

It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety.

F5C1(2)

It shall be the duty of every self-employed person to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that he and other persons (not being his employees) who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety.

(3)

In such cases as may be prescribed, it shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person, in the prescribed circumstances and in the prescribed manner, to give to persons (not being his employees) who may be affected by the way in which he conducts his undertaking the prescribed information about such aspects of the way in which he conducts his undertaking as might affect their health or safety.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

mod. by SR 2000/87; 2000/120

F2

enforcing authority DED for certain purposes—SR 1989/321

F3

mod. by SR 2001/295

F4

mod. by 2002 c. 8 (NI)

F5

mod. by SR 1982/273; 1991/238; 1994/143; 2000/120; 2003/34

Modifications

C1

Art. 5(2) modified (23.10.2015) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/339), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 3(1)(2))

Notes on Part II

Textual amendments

F1

mod. by SR 2001/295

Modifications

C1

Pt. II restricted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 47 (with arts. 44, 46, 47(2), 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2