Regulation 7 Specific risksI1
England, Wales and Scotland
(1)
Where the use of work equipment is likely to involve a specific risk to health or safety, every employer shall ensure that—
(a)
the use of that work equipment is restricted to those persons given the task of using it; and
(b)
repairs, modifications, maintenance or servicing of that work equipment is restricted to those persons who have been specifically designated to perform operations of that description (whether or not also authorised to perform other operations).
(2)
The employer shall ensure that the persons designated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) have received adequate training related to any operations in respect of which they have been so designated.