{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/279",
  "legislation_title": "The Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-northern-ireland-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 3 is complied with;\n(b) a working platform –\n(i) Part 1 of Schedule 4 is complied with; and\n(ii) where scaffolding is provided, Part 2 of Schedule 4 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 5 is complied with;\n(d) a personal fall protection system, Part 1 of Schedule 6; and –\n(i) in the case of a work positioning system, Part 2 of Schedule 6;\n(ii) in the case of rope access and positioning techniques, Part 3 of Schedule 6;\n(iii) in the case of a fall arrest system, Part 4 of Schedule 6;\n(iv) in the case of a work restraint system, Part 5 of Schedule 6,\nare complied with; and\n(e) a ladder, Schedule 7 is complied with.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 11.7.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/279/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:03.041531+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."
}