| Guvnor

Enforced by: HSENI
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 3 obligations carry a fine up to £2,500. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer3

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 701 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 53 duties

What it requires

Sections 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.

Part 1

GENERAL

0 of 3 sections shown

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art001 Title and commencement

s.art002 Interpretation

s.paragraph/p1 Art.3 rep. by SLR 1976

Part 2

EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY (DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT)

0 of 1 section shown

1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art004 Extension of employer's liability for defective equipment

Part 3

COMPULSORY INSURANCE AGAINST EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY

3 of 6 sections shown

s.art005 Insurance against liability to employees Regulated

Insure against employee injury claims in Northern IrelandEmployer

s.art008 Certificates of insurance Regulated

Display employer's liability insurance certificate and allow inspectionEmployer

s.art009 Penalty for failure to insure Prosecution

Fail to hold compulsory employer liability insuranceEmployer

Fine up to £2,500

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art006 Employees to be exempted

s.art007 Employers exempted from insurance

s.art010 Regulations

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.