# The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, Regulation 8: Organisation of lifting operations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2307/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifting-operations-and-lifting-equipment-regulations-1998/regulation-8
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