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8.—(1) The employer must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to employees arising from their exposure to electromagnetic fields.
(2) The risk assessment must include consideration of, where relevant—
(a)the ALs and ELVs;
(b)the frequency range, level, duration and type of exposure, including its distribution over the employee’s body and the workplace;
(c)direct biophysical effects;
(d)replacement equipment designed to reduce the level of exposure;
(e)information obtained from any health surveillance or medical examinations provided under regulation 11;
(f)information provided by the manufacturer or distributor of equipment;
(g)multiple sources of exposure;
(h)simultaneous exposure to multiple frequency fields;
(i)indirect effects;
(j)any effects on employees at particular risk; and
(k)other health and safety related information.
(3) The risks referred to in paragraph (1) do not include the risk of effects—
(a)caused by contact with live conductors;
(b)caused by multiple and separate instances of exposure; or
(c)which continue to develop when exposure has ceased.
(4) The employer must review the assessment when—
(a)there is reason to suspect it is no longer valid; or
(b)there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates,
and make such changes to it as are necessary to ensure it remains suitable and sufficient.
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