PART II

HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE IN CONNECTION WITH WORK, AND CONTROL OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

General duties

General duties of employers and self-employed to persons other than their employees
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It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety.
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It shall be the duty of every self-employed person to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that he and other persons (not being his employees) who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety.
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In such cases as may be prescribed, it shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person, in the prescribed circumstances and in the prescribed manner, to give to persons (not being his employees) who may be affected by the way in which he conducts his undertaking the prescribed information about such aspects of the way in which he conducts his undertaking as might affect their health or safety.
mod. by SR 2000/87; 2000/120
enforcing authority DED for certain purposes—SR 1989/321
mod. by SR 2001/295
mod. by 2002 c. 8 (NI)
mod. by SR 1982/273; 1991/238; 1994/143; 2000/120; 2003/34
mod. by SR 2001/295
Pt. II restricted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 47 (with arts. 44, 46, 47(2), 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
Art. 5(2) modified (23.10.2015) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/339), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 3(1)(2))