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Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993
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8. After regulation 8, there shall be inserted—
“Compliance with relevant Community Directives
8A. Any respiratory protective equipment or protective clothing shall comply with any statutory provision which implements in Northern Ireland any provision on design or manufacture with respect to health or safety in any relevant Community Directive listed in Schedule 1 to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 which is applicable to that item of respiratory protective equipment or protective clothing.
Assessment of respiratory protective equipment or protective clothing
8B. —
(1) Before choosing respiratory protective equipment or protective clothing, an employer shall make an assessment to determine whether it will satisfy regulation 7 or 8, as appropriate.
(2) The assessment required by paragraph (1) shall involve—
(a)the definition of the characteristics necessary to comply with regulation 7 or, as the case may be, 8, and
(b)a comparison of the characteristics of respiratory protective equipment or protective clothing available with the characteristics referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
(3) The assessment required by paragraph (1) shall be reviewed if—
(a)there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; or
(b)there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates,
and, where, as a result of the review, changes in the assessment are required, the employer shall make them.”.
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