Regulation 6 Information and training
An employer must provide each employee of that employer who is exposed to a risk of injury at work from medical sharps with information on the matters specified in Schedule 1.
In complying with paragraph (1) the employer must cooperate with worker representatives in that employer’s undertaking in developing and promoting the information specified in Schedule 1.
In paragraph (2), “worker representatives” means any—
safety representatives within the meaning of the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977f1; or
representatives of employee safety within the meaning of the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996f2.
An employer must provide each employee of that employer who is exposed to a risk of injury at work from medical sharps with training on the matters specified in Schedule 2 to the extent that those matters are relevant to the type of work carried out by that employee.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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S.I. 1977/500, amended by S.I. 1996/1513; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
- f2
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S.I. 1996/1513, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.