The Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

2.  For regulation 22 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(1) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

Restriction of civil liability for breach of statutory duty

22.(1) Breach of a duty imposed on an employer by these Regulations shall not confer a right of action in any civil proceedings insofar as that duty applies for the protection of a third party.

(2) Breach of a duty imposed on an employee by regulation 14 shall not confer a right of action in any civil proceedings insofar as that duty applies for the protection of a third party.

(3) In this regulation, “third party”, in relation to the undertaking, means any person who may be affected by that undertaking other than the employer whose undertaking it is and persons in his employment.