Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 1996 Northern Ireland

Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

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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.

Employer2 Occupier2

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Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts
Highways Act 1980 23 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.001 Where safety signs are required by these Regulations, they must... Regulated
  • Use compliant safety signs where requiredEmployer
s.005 The effectiveness of a sign must not be adversely affected... (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Ensure safety signs are kept effective and not obstructedEmployer
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 1 para. 1 sch. 1 para. 1
sch. 1 para. 2 sch. 1 para. 2
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.001 Preliminary remarks (opens in a new tab)
s.001 This Part introduces those requirements, describes the different uses of...
s.001 Safety signs must be used only to convey the message...
s.001 Signboards are to be made of shock and weather-resistant material...
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Types of signs (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Signboards are in principle to be installed at a suitable...
s.002 The signboard must be removed when the situation to which...
s.002 Permanent traffic routes in built-up areas outdoors should, as far...
s.003 Disapplications
s.003 Interchanging and combining signs (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Any one of the following may be used if equally...
s.003 Some types of signs may be used together: illuminated signs...
s.004 Provision and maintenance of safety signs
s.004 The instructions in the table below apply to all signs... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Information, instruction and training
s.006 Transitional provisions
s.007 Enforcement
s.008 Revocations and amendments
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 35 shown
s.sch001 Permanent signboards must be used for signs relating to prohibitions,... Regulated
  • Use permanent safety signboards for prohibitions, warnings, mandatory actions, and emergency equipmentOccupier
s.sch003 In the Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations... Regulated
  • Use approved warning signs for dangerous substances sitesOccupier
33 other schedules
s.sch001 Illuminated signs and acoustic signals must be checked to ensure...
s.sch001 If the hearing or the sight of the workers concerned...
s.sch001 Areas, rooms or enclosures used for the storage of significant...
s.sch001 The dimensions and colorimetric and photometric features of signboards must...
s.sch001 Signboards on containers and pipes must be placed as laid...
s.sch001 Places where there is a risk of colliding with obstacles...
s.sch001 Traffic routes must be permanently marked with a safety colour....
s.sch001 Illuminated signs, acoustic signals and/or verbal communication must be used...
s.sch001 Hand signals and/or verbal communication must be used where the...
s.sch001 If the conditions described in paragraph 2.2 are not fulfilled,...
s.sch001 The operator must interrupt the ongoing manoeuvre in order to...
s.sch001 Accessories
s.sch001 Schedule 1 para.3.3
s.sch001 Schedule 1 para.3.4
s.sch001 Schedule 1 para.3.5
s.sch001 the presence of another emission source of the same type...
s.sch001 the placing of too many signs too close together should...
s.sch001 two illuminated signs which are likely to be confused are...
s.sch001 an illuminated sign is not to be used in the...
s.sch001 two acoustic signals are not to be used at the...
s.sch001 an acoustic signal is not to be used if there...
s.sch001 poor design, insufficient number, incorrect positioning, poor state of repair...
s.sch001 Depending on requirements, signs and signalling devices must be cleaned,...
s.sch001 The number and positioning of signs or signalling devices to...
s.sch001 Signs requiring some form of power must be provided with...
s.sch001 The triggering of an illuminated sign and/or acoustic signal indicates...
s.sch002 The standards issued by the British Standards Institution with the...
s.sch002 Appendix C of the Fire Service Training Manual.
s.sch003 In regulation 9 of the Noise at Work Regulations (Northern...
s.sch004 Any of the premises and activities mentioned in regulation 4(1)...
s.sch004 (a) The working of a mine, any premises and activities...
s.sch004 (a) The construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, cleaning, demolition and...
s.schedule/1/part/ix/paragraph/1n10 schedule/1/part/IX/paragraph/1n10

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