The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Provision of information to employees

18.—(1) An employer shall provide his employees with comprehensible and relevant information on—

(a) the risks to them identified by the assessment carried out or reviewed under Article 25 and these Regulations;

(b) the fire safety measures taken in accordance with Article 25(2)(b) or (3)(b);

(c) the procedures referred to in regulation 14(1)(a);

(d) the identities of those persons nominated by him in accordance with regulation 12(3)(b) or nominated in accordance with regulation 14(1)(b); and

(e) the risks notified to him in accordance with regulation 21(1)(c).

(2) An employer shall, before employing a child, provide a parent of the child with comprehensible and relevant information on—

(a) the risks to that child identified by the assessment carried out or reviewed under Article 25 and these Regulations;

(b) the fire safety measures taken in accordance with Article 25(2)(b) or (3)(b); and

(c) the risks notified to him in accordance with regulation 21(1)(c),

and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent of the child” includes a person with parental responsibility, within the meaning of Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1), in relation to the child.

(3) Where a dangerous substance is present in the relevant premises, an employer shall, in addition to the information provided under paragraph (1) provide his employees with—

(a) the details of any such substance including—

(i) the name of the substance and the risk which it presents;

(ii) access to any relevant safety data sheet; and

(iii) legislative provisions (concerning the hazardous properties of any such substance) which apply to the substance; and

(b) the significant findings of the assessment carried out or reviewed under Article 25 and these Regulations.

(4) The information required by paragraph (3) shall be—

(a) adapted to take account of significant changes in the activity carried out or methods used by the employer; and

(b) provided in a manner appropriate to the risk identified by the assessment carried out or reviewed under Article 25 and these Regulations.

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S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)