CHAPTER IIU.K. EMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS

Article 7U.K.Information for the competent authority

1.Where the results of the assessment referred to in Article 3 reveal risk to workers' health or safety, employers shall, when requested, make available to the competent authority appropriate information on:

(a)the results of the assessment;

(b)the activities in which workers have been exposed or may have been exposed to biological agents;

(c)the number of workers exposed;

(d)the name and capabilities of the person responsible for safety and health at work;

(e)the protective and preventive measures taken, including working procedures and methods;

(f)an emergency plan for the protection of workers from exposure to group 3 or a group 4 biological agent which might result from a loss of physical containment.

2.Employers shall inform forthwith the competent authority of any accident or incident which may have resulted in the release of a biological agent and which could cause severe human infection and/or illness.

3.The list referred to in Article 11 and the medical record referred to in Article 14 shall be made available to the competent authority in cases where the undertaking ceases activity, in accordance with national laws and/or practice.