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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-1993/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1993/20",
  "legislation_title": "Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993",
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  "heading": "Information, instruction and training",
  "text": "—\n(1) Where an employer is required to ensure that personal protective equipment is provided to an employee, the employer shall also ensure that the employee is provided with such information, instruction and training as is adequate and appropriate to enable the employee to know—\n(a) the risk or risks which the personal protective equipment will avoid or limit;\n(b) the purpose for which and the manner in which personal protective equipment is to be used; and\n(c) any action to be taken by the employee to ensure that the personal protective equipment remains in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair as required by regulation 7(1).\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the information and instruction provided by virtue of that paragraph shall not be adequate and appropriate unless it is comprehensible to the persons to whom it is provided.",
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      "affecting_title": "Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
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  "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."
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