UK Statutory Instrument SI 1992 United Kingdom

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Subject to the exceptions specified in paragraph 2 below, these Regulations give effect as respects Great Britain to the substantive provisions of Council Directive 90/269/EEC on the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers (OJ …

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Enforced by
HSE
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 3 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 has no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer2 Employee1

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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.004 Duties of employers (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Avoid or assess and reduce risks from manual handlingEmployer

Unlimited fine

s.005 Duty of employees (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Use safe systems of work for manual handlingEmployee

Unlimited fine

6 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Disapplication of Regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Exemption certificates (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Extension outside Great Britain (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Repeals and revocations (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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s.001 FACTORS TO WHICH THE EMPLOYER MUST HAVE REGARD AND QUESTIONS HE MUST CONSIDER WHEN MAKING AN ASSESSMENT OF MANUAL HANDLING OPERATIONS (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Assess manual handling operations using prescribed factorsEmployer

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