UK Statutory Instrument SI 1998 United Kingdom

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998

These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) General Regulations 1971 (the 1971 Regulations) and subsequent amending regulations made under the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (the 1969 Act).

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Enforced by
HSE
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer4

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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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.003 Limit of amount of compulsory insurance Regulated
  • Maintain at least £5 million in Employers' Liability insuranceEmployer
s.004 Issue of certificates of insurance Regulated
  • Keep and store your employers' liability insurance certificatesEmployer
s.005 Display and production of copies of certificates of insurance Regulated
  • Display your Employers' Liability insurance certificateEmployer
s.006 Production of certificates of insurance to an Inspector Regulated
  • Produce insurance certificates to an inspector upon requestEmployer
s.008 Production by inspectors of evidence of authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HSE inspectors must show proof of authority when visiting premisesStatutory regulator
5 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.002 Prohibition of certain conditions in policies of insurance
s.007 Inspection of policies of insurance
s.009 Employers exempted from insurance
s.010 Revocations and transitional
Schedules

Schedules

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17 other schedules
s.sch001 CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE(a) (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 EMPLOYERS EXEMPTED FROM INSURANCE (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 A person who for the time being holds a current...
s.sch002 Any magistrates' courts committee established under the Justices of the...
s.sch002 Any probation committee established under the Probation Service Act 1993....
s.sch002 Any employer who is a member of a mutual insurance...
s.sch002 Any licensee within the meaning of the Nuclear Installations Act...
s.sch002 Any employer to the extent he is required to insure...
s.sch002 The Government of any foreign state or Commonwealth country.
s.sch002 Any inter-governmental organisation which by virtue of any enactment is...
s.sch002 Any subsidiary of any such body as is mentioned in...
s.sch002 Any Passenger Transport Executive and any subsidiary thereof.
s.sch002 London Regional Transport, and any of its subsidiaries or joint...
s.sch002 The Commission for the New Towns.
s.sch002 The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
s.sch002 Any voluntary management committee of an approved bail or approved...
s.sch003 REVOCATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS (opens in a new tab)

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