{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-1998/regulation-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-1998/regulation-34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2306",
  "legislation_title": "The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Reports",
  "text": "(1) A person making a thorough examination for an employer under regulation 32 shall—\n(a) notify the employer forthwith of any defect in a power press or its guard or protection device which in his opinion is or could become a danger to persons;\n(b) as soon as is practicable make a report of the thorough examination to the employer in writing authenticated by him or on his behalf by signature or equally secure means and containing the information specified in Schedule 3; and\n(c) where there is in his opinion a defect in a power press or its guard or protection device which is or could become a danger to persons, send a copy of the report as soon as is practicable to the enforcing authority for the premises in which the power press is situated.\n(2) A person making an inspection and test for an employer under regulation 33 shall forthwith notify the employer of any defect in a guard or protection device which in his opinion is or could become a danger to persons and the reason for his opinion.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 in force at 5.12.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2306/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:31.554452+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}