| Guvnor

Enforced by: HSE
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 40 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 39 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator32 Any Person4 Employer3 Employee1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 112 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 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

Employer — also bound by 682 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 (current NI employment law) 53 duties

Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 18 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 13 duties

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 11 duties

Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 10 duties

Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 9 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.

Schedules

1 of 13 shown

s.sch002 REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS OF THE 1954 ACT Imprisonment

Breach of safety duties at a quarryAny Person

12 other schedules

s.sch001 CONTENT OF GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS

s.sch001 Site survey

s.sch001 Site investigation

s.sch001 Cross-sections based on site investigation

s.sch001 Plans based on site investigation

s.sch001 Assumptions made before analysis

s.sch001 Findings of analysis

s.sch001 Design coming out of analysis

s.sch001 Requirements during and after construction

s.sch003 MODIFICATIONS OF THE FACTORIES ACT 1961

s.sch004 MODIFICATIONS OF THE 1969 ACT

s.sch005 REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS

s.005 Duties of the person entitled to work the quarry Regulated

Ensure quarry operators are competent and document their appointmentAny Person

s.006 General duties of the operator Regulated

Design, operate and maintain quarries safelyOperator

s.007 The health and safety document Regulated

Prepare and maintain a health and safety document for the quarryOperator

s.008 Management structure Regulated

Establish and record a management structure for quarry operationsOperator

s.009 Training and competence Regulated

Ensure staff at the quarry are competent and properly supervisedOperator

s.010 Instructions, rules and schemes Regulated

Establish and communicate site rules and safety instructionsOperator

s.011 Review of health and safety measures Regulated

Review health and safety measures and record review intervalsOperator

s.012 Inspection Regulated

Establish and maintain a quarry inspection and maintenance schemeOperator

s.013 Benches and haul roads Regulated

Design and maintain safe quarry benches and haul roadsOperator

s.014 Rules controlling risk from vehicles Regulated

Create written rules to control vehicle risks at quarriesOperator

s.015 Escape and rescue facilities at the quarry Regulated

Provide and maintain quarry escape and rescue facilitiesOperator

s.016 Barriers Regulated

Install and maintain suitable boundary barriers around the quarryOperator

s.017 Compliance with Part IV Regulated

Ensure compliance with quarry health and safety regulationsOperator

s.018 Permits to work Regulated

Implement a permit-to-work system for hazardous tasksOperator

s.019 Safety drills Regulated

Conduct regular safety drills and emergency trainingOperator

s.020 Fire and explosion hazards Regulated

Prevent fire and explosion risks from naked flames or smokingOperator

s.021 Control of harmful and explosive atmospheres Regulated

Monitor and control harmful and explosive atmospheres in quarriesOperator

s.022 Danger areas Regulated

Identify, mark, and secure danger areas in the quarryOperator

s.023 Lighting Regulated

Provide emergency lighting or personal lamps in quarriesOperator

s.025 Operator’s duties Regulated

Manage explosives safety and appoint an Explosives SupervisorOperator

s.026 Supervision of shotfiring operations and trainee shotfirers and records of appointment Regulated

Supervise shotfiring and maintain appointment recordsOperator

s.027 Shotfirer’s duties Regulated

Perform safety checks and testing before firing a shotEmployee

s.028 Misfires Regulated

Manage safety and exclusion zones after a misfireOperator

s.029 Prohibited activities Regulated

Follow strict safety prohibitions regarding explosives at quarriesAny Person

s.030 General duty to ensure safety of excavations and tips Regulated

Ensure safety and stability of excavations and tipsOperator

s.031 Excavations and tips rules Regulated

Create and implement rules for safe excavations and tipsOperator

s.032 Appraisal of excavations and tips Regulated

Assess excavation and tip hazards at your quarryOperator

s.033 Meaning of “geotechnical assessment” and operator’s duties in relation to geotechnical assessments Regulated

Ensure geotechnical assessments are carried out and acted uponOperator

s.034 Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are a significant hazard (“notifiable” excavations and tips) Regulated

Conduct regular geotechnical assessments for high-risk excavations and tipsOperator

s.035 Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are not a significant hazard Regulated

Set and record inspection frequencies for low-hazard excavations or tipsOperator

s.036 Duty to keep record of substances tipped Regulated

Keep detailed records of substances deposited at high-hazard tipsOperator

s.037 Notification of excavations and tips Regulated

Notify HSE of significant excavations, notifiable excavations and tips, and when hazards ceaseOperator

s.039 Co-operation Regulated

Co-operate with the quarry operator on health and safetyEmployer

s.040 Participation of persons at work Regulated

Establish worker safety participation and Monthly committee inspectionsOperator

s.041 Duty of employers of employees at work at a quarry Regulated

Ensure an operator is appointed and comply with quarry safety lawsEmployer

s.042 Duty of persons at work at a quarry Regulated

Ensure reasonable care for safety and follow site rules at quarriesAny Person

s.043 Health surveillance Regulated

Commence health surveillance before quarry work beginsEmployer

s.044 Record keeping Regulated

Keep detailed records of quarry reports and staff dutiesOperator

s.045 Notification of quarrying operations Regulated

Notify HSE of quarry openings, closures, or operator changesOperator

9 other provisions

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Meaning of quarry

s.004 Application

s.024 Application of this Part

s.038 Transitional provisions

s.046 Exemptions

s.047 Repeals and modifications

s.048 Revocations and modifications to instruments

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

6 more guides that reference this instrument

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