The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

Disapplication of these Regulations E+W+S

3.—(1) These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the master or crew of a sea-going ship or to the employer of such persons in respect of the normal ship-board activities of a ship’s crew under the direction of the master.

(2) Regulations 4 to 12 shall not apply in respect of personal protective equipment which is—

(a) ordinary working clothes and uniforms which do not specifically protect the health and safety of the wearer;

(b) an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953(1) used as self-defence or as deterrent equipment;

(c) portable devices for detecting and signalling risks and nuisances;

(d) personal protective equipment used for protection while travelling on a road within the meaning (in England and Wales) of section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2), and (in Scotland) of section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984(3);

(e) equipment used during the playing of competitive sports.

(3) Regulations 4 and 6 to 12 shall not apply where any of the following Regulations apply and in respect of any risk to a person’s health or safety for which any of them require the provision or use of personal protective equipment, namely—

(a) [F1 the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002];

(b) [F2 the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 [SI 2017/1075]];

(c) [F3 the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012];

(d) [F4 the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002];

(e) [F5 The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005];

F6 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/8), regs. 1, 4(a)

F2 Words in reg. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.1.2018) by The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1075), reg. 1(2), Sch. 9 para. 3 (with regs. 2(5), 3, Sch. 8)

F3 Words in reg. 3(3)(c) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/632), reg. 1, Sch. 3

F4 Words in reg. 3(3)(d) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/8), regs. 1, 4(b)

F5 Words in reg. 3(3)(e) substituted (6.4.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1643), regs. 1, 15(1)(a) (with reg. 3(3)(4))

F6 Reg. 3(3)(f) revoked (6.4.2013) by The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/448), reg. 1, Sch. Table 4

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 1.1.1993, see reg. 1

(1)

1953 c. 14.

(2)

1988 c. 52.

(3)

1984 c. 54.