The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and revocation

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of “worker”

   4. 4. Application

3. PART 2 DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS

   1. 5. Persons on whom duties are imposed

   2. 6. Suitability of work equipment

   3. 7. Maintenance

   4. 8. Inspection

   5. 9. Specific risks

   6. 10. Information and instructions

   7. 11. Training

   8. 12. Conformity with Community requirements

   9. 13. Dangerous parts of work equipment

   10. 14. Electrical equipment

   11. 15. Protection against specified hazards

   12. 16. High or very low temperature

   13. 17. Controls for starting or making a significant change in operating conditions

   14. 18. Stop controls

   15. 19. Emergency stop controls

   16. 20. Controls

   17. 21. Control systems

   18. 22. Isolation from sources of energy

   19. 23. Stability of work equipment

   20. 24. Lighting

   21. 25. Maintenance operations

   22. 26. Markings

   23. 27. Warnings

4. PART 3 MOBILE WORK EQUIPMENT

   1. 28. Workers carried on mobile work equipment

   2. 29. Overturning of fork-lift trucks

   3. 30. Use of mobile work equipment

   4. 31. Self-propelled work equipment

   5. 32. Remote-controlled self-propelled work equipment

   6. 33. Drive units and power take-off shafts

5. PART 4 DUTY OF WORKERS

   1. 34. Duty of workers

6. PART 5 PENALTIES, OFFENCES, INSPECTIONS AND DETENTIONS

   1. 35. Penalties

   2. 36. Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships

   3. 37. Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

   4. 38. Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship

   5. 39. Inspection and other measures in respect of ships registered outside the United Kingdom

   6. 40. Enforcement of detention

   7. 41. Compensation

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE

      INSTRUMENTS WHICH GIVE EFFECT TO COMMUNITY DIRECTIVES CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF PRODUCTS

9. Explanatory Note