- Enforced by
- HSE
- Status
- Repealed
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Employer11
Any Person3
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 702 other Acts
TULRCA 1992
72 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2685 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 194 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.
s.003
Duties under these Regulations
Regulated
- Protect non-employees affected by your work from hazardous substancesEmployer
s.004
Prohibitions relating to certain substances
Regulated
- Do not import or supply banned hazardous substances for workAny Person
s.005
Prevention of exposure to a biological agent (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Substitute less hazardous biological agents where possibleEmployer
s.006
Assessment of health risks created by work involving substances hazardous to health
Regulated
- You must assess hazardous-substance health risks and review regularlyEmployer
s.007
Prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health
Regulated
- Prevent or adequately control employee exposure to hazardous substancesEmployer
s.008
Use of control measures
Regulated
- Ensure proper use of control measures and PPEEmployer
s.009
Maintenance, examination and test of control measures etc.
Regulated
- Keep hazardous-substance control measures maintained, examined and testedEmployer
s.009
Examination and maintenance of personal protective equipment (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Maintain and decontaminate PPE used against biological agentsEmployer
s.010
Monitoring exposure at the workplace
Regulated
- Monitor employee exposure to hazardous substances and keep recordsEmployer
s.011
Health surveillance
Regulated
- Carry out health surveillance for staff 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
Provisions relating to certain fumigations
Regulated
- Notify the right people and post warning signs before certain fumigationsEmployer
s.013
Notification of the consignment of biological agents (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Notify HSE before consigning specified biological agentsEmployer
21 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.005
Application of regulations 6 to 12
s.014
Exemption certificates
s.015
Extension outside Great Britain
s.016
Defence in proceedings for contravention of these Regulations
s.017
Exemptions relating to the Ministry of Defence etc.
s.018
Revocations and savings
s.019
Extension of meaning of “work”
s.020
Modification of section 3(2) of the
Schedules
Schedules
2 of 3 shown
s.sch007
In the case of a fumigation to be carried out...
Regulated
- Notify harbour authority, fire officer and customs before fumigationAny Person
s.sch007
In the case of a fumigation, other than a fumigation...
Regulated
- Notify police, HSE and fire service before starting a fumigationAny Person
1 other schedule
s.sch007
The information to be given in a notification made for...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.