Part II General duties

6 Health and safety policy
1 Subject to paragraph (2), a written statement shall be prepared and, as often as may be appropriate, revised, of the employer’s general policy with respect to health and safety and the organisation and arrangements for the time being in force for carrying out that policy, and this and any revisions to it shall be brought to the notice of the workers.
2 The written statement referred to in paragraph (1) shall not apply where five or less workers in aggregate are employed by the same employer, or by associated employers, in a United Kingdom ship.
3 For the purposes of this regulation associated employers shall be interpreted in accordance with section 231 of the 1996 Act.