The Health and Safety Information for Employees (Modifications and Repeals) Regulations 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations modify the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”: S.I. 1989/682) by

(a) applying the 1989 Regulations to certain premises and activities outside Great Britain (regulation 2(a)); and

(b) adding provisions to the 1989 Regulations which enable the Health and Safety Executive to approve posters or leaflets which are specific to particular classes of employment so that employers in those classes may display or provide those specific posters or leaflets rather than ones of a general nature (regulation 2(b)).

The Regulations also repeal a number of provisions in health and safety legislation relating to the display of notices or posters and the provision of information (regulation 3; Parts I and II of the Schedule).

A copy of the compliance cost assessment prepared in respect of these Regulations can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive, Strategy and General Division, North Wing, Seventh Floor, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS. A copy has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament.