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Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

These Regulations impose health and safety requirements with respect to the provision for, and use by, persons at work of personal protective equipment. Personal protective equipment is defined in regulation 2 and certain types of such equipment are excluded from the application of regulations 4 to 12 by regulation 3(2).

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 4(3)(a)

(b)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(a)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 4(4)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(b)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 6(2)(b)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(c)(i)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 6(2)(c)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(c)(ii)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 6(2)(c)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(c)(ii)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 6(2)(d)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(c)(iii)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 9(1)(c)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(d)(i)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 9(1)(c)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(d)(ii)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 9(3)

Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

reg. 5(e)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 3(3)(f)

The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Sch. Table 4

reg. 1(1)

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Sch. 2

para. 2

The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Sch. Table 4

reg. 1(1)

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Sch. 2

para. 21-23

The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Sch. Table 4

reg. 1(1)

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 3

The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Sch. 6

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Sch. 2

pt. 5

The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Sch. 5

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Sch. 1

The Personal Protective Equipment (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

reg. 2

reg. 1(2)

(3)

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 4(3)(e)

The Personal Protective Equipment (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

reg. 5

reg. 1(3)

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 3(3)(c)

The Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

reg. 33(2)

Sch. 4

reg. 3(5)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Sch. 1

para. 1

The Personal Protective Equipment (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

reg. 2(1)

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

reg. 3(3)(a)

The Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Sch. 9

para. 3

reg. 41

Sch. 8

reg. 1

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Disapplication of these Regulations

4Provision of personal protective equipment

5Compatibility of personal protective equipment

6Assessment of personal protective equipment

7Maintenance and replacement of personal protective equipment

8Accommodation for personal protective equipment

9Information, instruction and training

10Use of personal protective equipment

11Reporting loss or defect

12Exemption certificates

13Modifications, repeal and revocations

SCHEDULE 1Relevant Community Directives

1Council Directive of 21st December 1989 on the approximation of...

SCHEDULE 2Modifications

Part 1The Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965

1In section 31(6), for “breathing apparatus of a type approved...

Part IIShipbuilding and Ship-Repairing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971

2In each of regulations 49, 50(1) and 59(1), for “breathing...

Part IIIIonising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985

3In regulation 23(1), after “that respiratory protective equipment”, there shall...

4After regulation 23(1), there shall be inserted—

5At the end of regulation 23 there shall be inserted—...

Part IVControl of Lead at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986

6In regulation 7— (a) after “respiratory protective equipment”, there shall...

7In regulation 8, for “adequate protective clothing”, there shall be...

8After regulation 8, there shall be inserted— Compliance with relevant...

9In regulation 9, for paragraph (b), there shall be substituted—...

10In regulation 13, after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted—...

11In regulation 18(2), the full stop at the end shall...

Part VControl of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988

12In regulation 8(3), after “shall” where that word first appears,...

13After regulation 8(3) there shall be inserted—

14In regulation 20(2), the full stop at the end shall...

Part VINoise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990

15After regulation 8(2) there shall be inserted—

Part VIIControl of Substances hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990

16In regulation 13(2) the full stop at the end shall...

17In regulation 7, after paragraph (3), there shall be inserted—...

18In regulation 7, in sub-paragraph (6)(b) thereof, there shall be...

19In regulation 8(2), after “these Regulations”, there shall be inserted...

20In regulation 14(2) the full stop at the end shall...

Part VIIIConstruction (Head Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990

21After regulation 4(2) there shall be inserted—

22For regulation 7(4), there shall be substituted—

23In regulation 9(2), the full stop at the end shall...

SCHEDULE 3Revocations

1993 No. 20

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Made19th January 1993

Coming into operation22nd February 1993

The Department of Agriculture, the Department of Economic Development and the Department of the Environment acting jointly as the Department concerned1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) (2), (3) and (5) of, and paragraphs 10 and 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 19782 and of every other power enabling them in that behalf after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order, with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to them to be appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations:—