Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Regulation 5(6)(b)

SCHEDULE 2 Activities in respect of which the Executive is the enforcing authority

1.  Any activity in a mine or quarry other than a quarry in respect of which notice or abandonment or discontinuance has been given under Article 16 of the Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.

2.  Any activity in a fairground.

3.  Any activity in premises occupied by a radio, television or film undertaking in which the activity of broadcasting, recording or filming is carried on, and the activity of broadcasting, recording or filming wherever carried on, and for this purpose “film” includes video.

4.  The following activities carried on at any premises by persons who do not normally work in the premises—

(a) construction work if—

(i) regulation 7(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1) (which requires projects which include or are intended to include construction work to be notified to the Executive) applies to the project which includes the work;

(ii) the whole or part of the work contracted to be undertaken by the contractor at the premises is to the external fabric or other external part of a building or structure; or

(iii) it is carried out in a physically segregated area of the premises, the activities normally carried out in that area have been suspended for the purpose of enabling the construction work to be carried out, the contractor has authority to exclude from that area persons who are not attending in connection with the carrying out of the work and the work is not the maintenance of insulation pipes, boilers or other parts of heating or water systems or its removal from them;

(b) the installation, maintenance or repair of any gas system, or any work in relation to a gas fitting;

(c) the installation, maintenance or repair of electricity systems;

(d) work with ionising radiations except work in one or more of the categories set out in Schedule 3 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985.

5.  The use of ionising radiations for medical exposure (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985).

6.  Any activity in premises occupied by a radiography undertaking in which there is carried on any work with ionising radiations.

7.  Any activity involving genetic modification (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(2)).

8.  Any activity on board a sea-going ship.

9.  Any activity in relation to a ski slope, ski lift, ski tow or cable car.

10.  Agricultural activities, and any activity at an agricultural show which involves the handling of livestock or the working of agricultural equipment.

11.  Fish farming, maggot and game breeding except in a zoo.

12.  Horse breeding or horse training at a stable.

13.  Any activity in relation to a pipeline within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(3).

14.  The operation of a railway.

(1)

S.R. 1995 No. 209

(2)

S.R. 1994 No. 143 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(3)

S.R. 1997 No. 193