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Enforced by: HSENI
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 6 of 20 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 14 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer15 Any Person4 Employee1

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

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 241 duties

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 120 duties

TULRCA 1992 72 duties

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 54 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 53 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 18 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 13 duties

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 11 duties

Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 10 duties

Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 9 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.

sch. 3 para. 2 Classification of biological agents Regulated

Provisionally classify biological agents without approved classificationEmployer

sch. 3 para. 3 Special control measures for laboratories, animal rooms and industrial processes Regulated

Apply correct containment measures for biological agents in labs, animal rooms, and industrial processesEmployer

sch. 3 para. 4 List of employees exposed to certain biological agents Regulated

Keep list of employees exposed to high-risk biological agentsEmployer

sch. 3 para. 5 Notification of the use of biological agents Regulated

Notify HSENI before first using higher-risk biological agentsEmployer

sch. 3 para. 6 Notification of the consignment of biological agents Regulated

Notify HSENI before consigning Group 4 biological agents to other premisesEmployer

s.003 Duties under these Regulations Regulated

Extend hazardous-substance duties to protect non-employees and the publicEmployer

s.004 Prohibitions relating to certain substances Imprisonment

Do not supply or use prohibited hazardous substancesAny Person

s.006 Assessment of the risk to health created by work involving substances hazardous to health Regulated

Assess and manage risks from hazardous substancesEmployer

s.007 Prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health Imprisonment

Prevent or control exposure to hazardous substancesEmployer

s.008 Use of control measures, etc. Regulated

Ensure hazardous substance controls are properly used and reportedEmployer

s.009 Maintenance, examination and testing of control measures Regulated

Maintain, test, and record checks on hazardous substance control measuresEmployer

s.010 Monitoring exposure at the workplace Imprisonment

Monitor employee exposure to hazardous substancesEmployer

s.011 Health surveillance Imprisonment

Provide health surveillance for employees exposed to hazardous substancesEmployer

s.012 Information, instruction and training for persons who may be exposed to substances hazardous to health Regulated

Provide information, instruction and training on hazardous substancesEmployee

s.013 Arrangements to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies Imprisonment

Create emergency plans for hazardous substance accidentsEmployer

s.014 Provisions relating to certain fumigations Regulated

Notify relevant persons and display warnings before certain fumigationsEmployer

10 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.005 Application of regulations 6 to 13

s.015 Exemption certificates

s.016 Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence, etc.

s.017 Application within the territorial sea

s.018 Revocation and savings

s.019 Extension of meaning of “work”

s.020 Modification of Article 5(2) of the 1978 Order

s.021 Defence

Schedules

4 of 19 shown

s.003 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO WORK WITH BIOLOGICAL AGENTS Imprisonment

Classify biological agents by risk groupEmployer

s.sch009 NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN FUMIGATIONS Regulated

Notify authorities before carrying out a fumigationAny Person

s.sch009 In the case of a fumigation to be carried out... Regulated

Notify harbour authority and other bodies before fumigation in harbour areasAny Person

s.sch009 The information to be given in a notification made for... Regulated

Provide complete fumigation notification detailsAny Person

15 other schedules

s.001 OTHER SUBSTANCES AND PROCESSES TO WHICH THE DEFINITION OF “CARCINOGEN” RELATES

s.004 FREQUENCY OF THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND TEST OF LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION PLANT USED IN CERTAIN PROCESSES

s.005 SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES AND PROCESSES FOR WHICH MONITORING IS REQUIRED

s.008 FUMIGATIONS EXCEPTED FROM REGULATION 14

s.010 PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA

s.sch002 PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

s.sch006 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE

s.sch007 LEGISLATION CONCERNED WITH THE LABELLING OF CONTAINERS AND PIPES

s.sch009 In the case of a fumigation, other than a fumigation...

s.sch010 Interpretation

s.sch010 Offshore installations

s.sch010 Wells

s.sch010 Pipelines

s.sch010 Mines

s.sch010 Other activities

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