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The Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/279 · Made 27 May 2005 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 27th May 2005

Coming into operation 11th July 2005

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investmentf1, being the Department concernedf2, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5), (6)f3 and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2) and (3), 8, 10, 13, 14, and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978f4 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of that Orderf5 after the carrying out by the said Executive of consultations in accordance with Article 46(3) of that Orderf6, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Economic Development: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

f2

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

f3

Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)

f4

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Article 3(1). Article 47A was inserted by Article 3, and Article 2 was amended by Articles 4 and 8 of S.I. 1997/1774 (N.I. 16)

f5

Article 13(1A) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

f6

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1 paragraphs 8 and 18(c)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Organisation and planning
  5. 5Competence
  6. 6Avoidance of risks from work at height
  7. 7Selection of work equipment for work at height
  8. 8Requirements for particular work equipment
  9. 8ADock Operations
  10. 9Fragile surfaces
  11. 10Falling objects
  12. 11Danger areas
  13. 12Inspection of work equipment
  14. 13Inspection of places of work at height
  15. 14Duties of persons at work
  16. 14ASpecial provision in relation to caving and climbing
  17. 15Exemption by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
  18. 16Exemption by the Secretary of State for Defence
  19. 17Amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  20. 18Repeal of section 25 of the Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965
  21. 19Revocations
  22. Signature
  23. Schedule 1: PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA
  24. 1Interpretation
  25. 2Offshore installations
  26. 3Wells
  27. 4Pipelines
  28. 5Mines
  29. 6Other activities
  30. Schedule 2REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING PLACES OF WORK AND MEANS OF ACCESS OR EGRESS AT HEIGHT
  31. Schedule 3: REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARD-RAILS, TOE-BOARDS, BARRIERS AND SIMILAR COLLECTIVE MEANS OF PROTECTION
  32. 1Paragraph 1
  33. 2Paragraph 2
  34. 3Paragraph 3
  35. 4Paragraph 4
  36. 5Paragraph 5
  37. Schedule 4: REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKING PLATFORMS
  38. Part 1: requirements for all working platforms
  39. 1Interpretation
  40. 2Condition of surfaces
  41. 3Stability of supporting structure
  42. 4Stability of working platforms
  43. 5Safety on working platforms
  44. 6Loading
  45. Part 2: additional requirements for scaffolding
  46. 1Additional requirements for scaffolding
  47. 2Additional requirements for scaffolding
  48. 3Additional requirements for scaffolding
  49. 4Additional requirements for scaffolding
  50. 5Additional requirements for scaffolding
  51. 6Additional requirements for scaffolding
  52. Schedule 5: REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLECTIVE SAFEGUARDS FOR ARRESTING FALLS
  53. 1Paragraph 1
  54. 2Paragraph 2
  55. 3Paragraph 3
  56. 4Paragraph 4
  57. 5Paragraph 5
  58. Schedule 6: REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
  59. Part 1: requirements for all personal fall protection systems
  60. 1Paragraph 1
  61. 2Paragraph 2
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. 4Paragraph 4
  64. 2additional requirements for work positioning systems
  65. Part 3: additional requirements for rope access and positioning techniques
  66. 1Paragraph 1
  67. 2Paragraph 2
  68. 3Paragraph 3
  69. Part 4: additional requirements for fall arrest systems
  70. 1Paragraph 1
  71. 2Paragraph 2
  72. 5additional requirements for work restraint systems
  73. Schedule 7: REQUIREMENTS FOR LADDERS
  74. 1Paragraph 1
  75. 2Paragraph 2
  76. 3Paragraph 3
  77. 4Paragraph 4
  78. 5Paragraph 5
  79. 6Paragraph 6
  80. 7Paragraph 7
  81. 8Paragraph 8
  82. 9Paragraph 9
  83. 10Paragraph 10
  84. Schedule 8: PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT OF INSPECTION
  85. 1Paragraph 1
  86. 2Paragraph 2
  87. 3Paragraph 3
  88. 4Paragraph 4
  89. 5Paragraph 5
  90. 6Paragraph 6
  91. 7Paragraph 7
  92. 8Paragraph 8
  93. Schedule 9REVOCATIONS
  94. Schedule 10: REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK IN DOCKS
  95. 1Paragraph 1
  96. 2Paragraph 2
  97. Explanatory note