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9.—(1) Where the use of work equipment is likely to involve a specific risk to health or safety, the employer shall ensure that—
(a)the work equipment is used only by those persons given the task of using it; and
(b)any repair, modification, maintenance or servicing of that work equipment is carried out only by those persons who have been specifically designated to perform operations of that description (whether or not also authorised to perform other operations).
(2) The employer shall ensure that the persons designated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) have received adequate training related to any operations in respect of which they have been so designated.
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