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2.—(1) Every employer shall perform a suitable and sufficient analysis of those workstations which–
(a)(regardless of who has provided them) are used for the purposes of his undertaking by users; or
(b)have been provided by him and are used for the purposes of his undertaking by operators,
for the purpose of assessing the health and safety risks to which those persons are exposed in consequence of that use.
(2) Any assessment made by an employer in pursuance of paragraph (1) shall be reviewed by him if–
(a)there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; or
(b)there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates;
and where as a result of any such review changes to an assessment are required, the employer concerned shall make them.
(3) The employer shall reduce the risks identified in consequence of an assessment to the lowest extent reasonably practicable.
(4) The reference in paragraph (3) to “an assessment” is a reference to an assessment made by the employer concerned in pursuance of paragraph (1) and changed by him where necessary in pursuance of paragraph (2).
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