# The Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Paragraph 4: Stability of working platforms

Extent: N.I.

A working platform shall –
(a) be suitable and of sufficient strength and rigidity for the purpose or purposes for which it is intended to be used or is being used;
(b) be so erected and used as to ensure that its components do not become accidentally displaced so as to endanger any person;
(c) when altered or modified, be so altered or modified as to ensure that it remains stable; and
(d) be dismantled in such a way as to prevent accidental displacement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/279/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/work-at-height-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-4/part-1/paragraph-4
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