Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
What this means for your business
- Enforced by
- HSENI
- Applies to
- United Kingdom
- On this page
- 1 compliance obligation, 2 practical guides
What you must do
1 compliance obligation under this legislation.
Offences and prohibitions 1
Fail to comply with regulation 4 or 5
Unlimited fineIf you breach regulation 4 or regulation 5 under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) you commit a criminal offence. On summary conviction in a magistrates’ court you can be fined up to an unlimited amount (level 5 on the standard scale). No custodial sentence is attached to this specific breach.
Penalties for non-compliance
1 penalty under this legislation. 1 carry an unlimited fine.
Fail to comply with regulation 4 or 5
Unlimited fine
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
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Sections and provisions
12 classified provisions from this legislation.