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Enforced by: HSE
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 3 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Self-Employed Person2 Any Person1

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Self-Employed Person — also bound by 80 other Acts

General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 12 duties

The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 7 duties

The General Chiropractic Council (Indemnity Arrangements) Rules Order of Council 2015 5 duties

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 5 duties

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 4 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

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 Regulated

Ensure compliance with Confined Spaces RegulationsSelf-Employed Person

s.004 Work in confined spaces Regulated

Avoid entry into confined spaces and ensure safe systems of workAny Person

s.005 Emergency arrangements Imprisonment

Establish and implement emergency rescue arrangements for confined spacesSelf-Employed Person

7 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation

s.002 Disapplication of Regulations

s.006 Exemption certificates

s.007 Defence in proceedings

s.008 Extension outside Great Britain

s.009 Repeal and revocations

s.revocations Revocations

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Drainage and utilities infrastructure compliance

Complete learning path for property developers and contractors working on drainage and utilities infrastructure. Covers Approved Document H drainage design, sewer adoption …

Drainage and utilities compliance checklist

Pre-start compliance checklist for drainage and utility infrastructure works. Covers Section 104 sewer adoption, Approved Document H, confined space permits, cable avoidance, …

Work safely in confined spaces on drainage projects

How to comply with the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 when working in manholes, sewers, chambers, and service ducts on drainage projects. Covers …

3 more guides that reference this instrument

Set up and run a safe sewerage operation Set up and run a safe water supply operation Keep lone workers safe

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