Schedule 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING PLACES OF WORK AND MEANS OF ACCESS OR EGRESS AT HEIGHTI1
Northern Ireland
Every existing place of work or means of access or egress at height shall –
be stable and of sufficient strength and rigidity for the purpose for which it is intended to be or is being used;
where applicable, rest on a stable, sufficiently strong surface;
be of sufficient dimensions to permit the safe passage of persons and the safe use of any plant or materials required to be used and to provide a safe working area having regard to the work to be carried out there;
possess suitable and sufficient means for preventing a fall;
possess a surface which has no gap –
through which a person could fall;
through which any material or object could fall and injure a person; or
giving rise to other risk of injury to any person, unless measures have been taken to protect persons against such risk;
be so constructed and used, and maintained in such condition, as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable –
the risk of slipping or tripping; or
any person being caught between it and any adjacent structure;
where it has moving parts, be prevented by appropriate devices from moving inadvertently during work at height.