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Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Section 8 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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8.—(1) Provision may be made by regulations for securing that certificates of insurance in such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations, are issued by insurers to employers entering into contracts of insurance in accordance with the requirements of this Part and for the surrender in such circumstances as may be so prescribed of certificates so issued.
(2) Where a certificate of insurance is required to be issued to an employer in accordance with regulations under paragraph (1), the employer (subject to any provision made by the regulations as to the surrender of the certificate) shall during the currency of the insurance and such further period (if any) as may be provided by regulations—
(a)comply with any regulations requiring him to display copies of the certificate of insurance for the information of his employees;
(b)produce the certificate of insurance or a copy thereof on demand to any inspector duly authorised for the purposes of this Part by the[F1 Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland] and produce or send the certificate or a copy thereof to such other persons, at such place and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations;
(c)permit the policy of insurance or a copy thereof to be inspected by such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations.
(3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed by or under this Article shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F2 level 3 on the standard scale].
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