Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 1993 Northern Ireland

Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

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Enforced by
HSENI
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer3

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Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Requirements under these Regulations Regulated
  • Ensure workplace meets all health, safety and welfare requirementsEmployer
26 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application of these Regulations
s.005 Maintenance of workplace, and of equipment, devices and systems
s.006 Ventilation
s.007 Temperature in indoor workplaces
s.008 Lighting
s.009 Cleanliness and waste materials
s.010 Room dimensions and space
s.011 Workstations and seating
s.012 Conditions of floors and traffic routes
s.013 Falls or falling objects
s.014 Windows and transparent or translucent doors, gates and walls
s.015 Windows, skylights and ventilators
s.016 Design of windows and skylights
s.017 Organisation and suitability of traffic routes
s.018 Doors and gates
s.019 Escalators and moving walkways
s.020 Sanitary conveniences
s.021 Washing facilities
s.022 Drinking water
s.023 Accommodation for clothing
s.024 Facilities for changing clothing
s.025 Facilities for rest and for eating meals
s.026 Exemption certificate
s.027 Repeals and revocations
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 6 shown
s.sch001 Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1 the number... Regulated
  • Ensure enough workspace space per employee in each workroomEmployer
s.sch001 In workplaces where females work, there shall be at least... Regulated
  • Provide one women-only toilet per 25 female employeesEmployer
4 other schedules
s.sch001 No room in the workplace shall be so overcrowded as...
s.sch001 In calculating for the purposes of this Part the amount...
s.sch001 In workplaces where males work, there shall be at least...
s.sch001 In calculating the number of males or females who work...

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