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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocation

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Meaning of “worker”

    4. 4.Application

  3. PART 2 DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS

    1. 5.Persons on whom duties are imposed

    2. 6.Suitability of work equipment

    3. 7.Maintenance

    4. 8.Inspection

    5. 9.Specific risks

    6. 10.Information and instructions

    7. 11.Training

    8. 12.Conformity with Community requirements

    9. 13.Dangerous parts of work equipment

    10. 14.Electrical equipment

    11. 15.Protection against specified hazards

    12. 16.High or very low temperature

    13. 17.Controls for starting or making a significant change in operating conditions

    14. 18.Stop controls

    15. 19.Emergency stop controls

    16. 20.Controls

    17. 21.Control systems

    18. 22.Isolation from sources of energy

    19. 23.Stability of work equipment

    20. 24.Lighting

    21. 25.Maintenance operations

    22. 26.Markings

    23. 27.Warnings

  4. PART 3 MOBILE WORK EQUIPMENT

    1. 28.Workers carried on mobile work equipment

    2. 29.Overturning of fork-lift trucks

    3. 30.Use of mobile work equipment

    4. 31.Self-propelled work equipment

    5. 32.Remote-controlled self-propelled work equipment

    6. 33.Drive units and power take-off shafts

  5. PART 4 DUTY OF WORKERS

    1. 34.Duty of workers

  6. PART 5 PENALTIES, OFFENCES, INSPECTIONS AND DETENTIONS

    1. 35.Penalties

    2. 36.Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships

    3. 37.Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

    4. 38.Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship

    5. 39.Inspection and other measures in respect of ships registered outside the United Kingdom

    6. 40.Enforcement of detention

    7. 41.Compensation

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      INSTRUMENTS WHICH GIVE EFFECT TO COMMUNITY DIRECTIVES CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF PRODUCTS

  8. Explanatory Note

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