Regulation 3 ApplicationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Within the territorial sea these Regulations shall apply only to and in relation to the premises and activities to which any of paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 1 applies.

(2)

The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall apply in relation to work –

(a)

by an employee of his; or

(b)

by any other person under his control, to the extent of his control.

(3)

The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall also apply to –

(a)

a self-employed person, in relation to work –

(i)

by him; or

(ii)

by a person under his control, to the extent of his control; and

(b)

to any person other than a self-employed person, in relation to work by a person under his control, to the extent of his control.

(4)

Regulations 4 to 16 shall not apply to or in relation to –

(a)

the master and crew of a ship, or to the employer of such persons, in respect of the normal ship-board activities of a ship’s crew which –

(i)

are carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master; and

(ii)

are not liable to expose persons at work other than the master and crew to a risk to their safety;

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(c)

a place specified in regulation 5(3) of the Loading and Unloading of Fishing Vessels Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989^f1 where persons are engaged in fish loading processes; F2...

(d)

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(5)

Regulation 11 shall not apply to an installation while regulation 12 of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f2 apply to it.

(6)

In this regulation –

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(b)

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(c)

“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, other than a ship which forms part of Her Majesty’s Navy.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 3(4)(b) revoked (1.6.2015) by The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/223), reg. 1(1), Sch. Table 4
F2: Reg. 3(4)(d) and word omitted (16.4.2007) by virtue of The Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/135), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)
F3: Reg. 3(6)(a)(b) omitted (16.4.2007) by virtue of The Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/135), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in operation at 11.7.2005, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1989 No. 321, as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150
f2: S.R. 1996 No. 228