- Enforced by
- HSENI
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 3 of 6 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 carries different penalties and 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Responsible Person — also bound by 108 other Acts
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.
- Report serious work-related accidents, injuries, and dangerous occurrencesResponsible Person
Unlimited fine
- Report employee death to enforcing authorityEmployer
Unlimited fine
- Report any diagnosed occupational disease to the enforcing authorityEmployer
- Report gas deaths, injuries, or dangerous fittings to HSENIManufacturer
- Keep records of all reportable injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrencesEmployer
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
1 of 90 shown- Do not disturb the scene of an offshore death or major injuryAny Person
Unlimited fine
89 other schedules
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Starting a business in Northern Ireland
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Quick check: Northern Ireland-specific requirements
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Responding to an HSENI investigation
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Starting a regulated business in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland workplace safety quick check
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Report a workplace accident or incident to HSENI (RIDDOR NI)
How to report workplace accidents, injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences to HSENI under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations …
Understanding HSENI: how workplace safety regulation works in Northern Ireland
How workplace health and safety regulation operates in Northern Ireland, where HSENI enforces separate legislation under the devolution settlement. Explains the relationship …
Workplace health and safety in Northern Ireland: HSENI obligations
How workplace health and safety is regulated in Northern Ireland, where HSENI (not HSE) enforces the law under separate legislation. Covers the …
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.