{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-2005/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-2005/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/735",
  "legislation_title": "The Work at Height Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Requirements for particular work equipment",
  "text": "Every employer shall ensure that, in the case of—\n(a) a guard-rail, toe-board, barrier or similar collective means of protection, Schedule 2 is complied with;\n(b) a working platform—\n(i) Part 1 of Schedule 3 is complied with; and\n(ii) where scaffolding is provided, Part 2 of Schedule 3 is also complied with;\n(c) a net, airbag or other collective safeguard for arresting falls which is not part of a personal fall protection system, Schedule 4 is complied with;\n(d) a personal fall protection system, Part 1 of Schedule 5 and—\n(i) in the case of a work positioning system, Part 2 of Schedule 5;\n(ii) in the case of rope access and positioning techniques, Part 3 of Schedule 5;\n(iii) in the case of a fall arrest system, Part 4 of Schedule 5;\n(iv) in the case of a work restraint system, Part 5 of Schedule 5,\nare complied with; and\n(e) a ladder, Schedule 6 is complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/735/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:03:31.777165+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."
}