Application
2.—(1) This Schedule shall have effect with a view to protecting employees against risks to their health, whether immediate or delayed, arising from exposure to biological agents except that paragraph 11 shall not apply in relation to a particular biological agent where the results of the assessment made under regulation 6 indicate that—
(a)the activity does not involve a deliberate intention to work with or use that biological agent; and
(b)there is no significant risk to the health of employees associated with that biological agent.
(2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Schedule shall have effect in addition to and not in substitution for other provisions of these Regulations.