The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988

Transitional provisions

17.—(1) Where work which is liable to expose employees to substances hazardous to health was commenced before 1st October 1989 or within 3 months after that date, it shall be a sufficient compliance with regulation 6(1) if the assessment required by that regulation is made before 1st January 1990.

(2) Until 1st January 1990, respiratory protective equipment required to be approved in accordance with regulation 7(6) need not be so approved, but until that date any such equipment which was required to be approved under any regulation revoked by these Regulations shall be approved in accordance with those Regulations or in accordance with the said regulation 7(6).

(3) Where, in respect of the engineering controls to which regulation 9(2) applies, immediately before 1st October 1989 local exhaust ventilation plant was required to be thoroughly examined and tested under any of the relevant statutory provisions then in force, the first thorough examination and test under regulation 9(2) shall not be required until the date on which it would have next been required under the former provision had that provision not been revoked.

(4) Where, in respect of an employee to whom regulation 11(1) applies, immediately before 1st October 1989 the employee was subject to health surveillance under any of the relevant statutory provisions then in force, he shall not be required to be medically examined for the first time under regulation 11(5) until the date on which he would have next been required to be so examined under the former provision had that provision not been revoked.