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Regulation 8 Organisation of lifting operationsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Every employer shall ensure that every lifting operation involving lifting equipment is—

(a)

properly planned by a competent person;

(b)

appropriately supervised; and

(c)

carried out in a safe manner.

(2)

In this regulation “lifting operation” means an operation concerned with the lifting or lowering of a load.

Annotations

Commencement

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Reg. 8 in force at 5.12.1998, see reg. 1