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Regulation 7 Maintenance and replacement of personal protective equipmentI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Every employer shall ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to F1their workers is maintained (including replaced or cleaned as appropriate) in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.

(2)

Every F2relevant self-employed person shall ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to F3them is maintained (including replaced or cleaned as appropriate) in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 7 substituted (6.4.2022) by The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/8), regs. 1, 6(i)

F2

Words in Regulations substituted (1.10.2015) by The Deregulation Act 2015 (Health and Safety at Work) (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1637), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(2)

F3

Word in reg. 7 substituted (6.4.2022) by The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/8), regs. 1, 6(g)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.1993, see reg. 1