{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-sharp-instruments-in-healthcare-regulations-2013/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-sharp-instruments-in-healthcare-regulations-2013/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/645",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-sharp-instruments-in-healthcare-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application of requirements to healthcare contractors",
  "text": "(1) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on a healthcare contractor apply only in relation to work—\n(a) on a healthcare employer’s premises; or\n(b) under the authority of a healthcare employer.\n(2) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on a healthcare contractor apply only to the extent that the healthcare contractor controls—\n(a) a person who uses, supervises or manages the use or disposal of medical sharps; and\n(b) the activities which give rise to the risk of injury from medical sharps.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/645/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:27.656714+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."
}