Regulation 4A Employer’s duty to consult and provide facilities and assistanceF1
Without prejudice to the generality of section 2(6) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, every employer shall consult safety representatives in good time with regard to—
the introduction of any measure at the workplace which may substantially affect the health and safety of the employees the safety representatives concerned represent;
his arrangements for appointing or, as the case may be, nominating persons in accordance with F2regulations 7(1) and 8(1)(b) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 F3or article 13(3)(b) of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 F4or regulation 12(3)(b) of the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006;
any health and safety information he is required to provide to the employees the safety representatives concerned represent by or under the relevant statutory provisions F5or the relevant nuclear provisions;
the planning and organisation of any health and safety training he is required to provide to the employees the safety representatives concerned represent by or under the relevant statutory provisions F6or the relevant nuclear provisions; and
the health and safety consequences for the employees the safety representatives concerned represent of the introduction (including the planning thereof) of new technologies into the workplace.
Without prejudice to regulations 5 and 6 of these Regulations, every employer shall provide such facilities and assistance as safety representatives may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out their functions under section 2(4) of the 1974 Act and under these Regulations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 4A inserted (1.1.1993) by The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2051), reg. 1(1), Sch. (with reg. 2)
- F2
Words in reg. 4A(1)(b) substituted (29.12.1999) by The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3242), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with regs. 2(1), 30)
- F3
Words in reg. 4A(1)(b) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541), arts. 1(3), 41(1) (with arts. 49, 51) (as amended by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Subordinate Provisions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/484), arts. 1(1), 2)
- F4
Words in reg. 4A(1)(b) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/457), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 1
- F5
Words in reg. 4A(1)(c) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 33(1)(a) (with Sch. 4)
- F6
Words in reg. 4A(1)(d) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 33(1)(b) (with Sch. 4)