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Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 81 Cited in Amendments 49 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1999/3242
Year1999
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 29th December 1999.(2) In these Regulations—a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered; ora numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears.(1) These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the master or crew of a ship, or to the employer of such persons, in respect of the normal ship-board activities of a ship’s crew which are carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master.(2) Regulations 3(4) , (5) , 10(2) and 19 shall not apply to occasional work or short-term work involving work regarded as not being harmful, damaging or dangerous to young people in a family undertaking.(3) In this regulation—
  • “normal ship-board activities” include—
    • (a) the construction, reconstruction or conversion of a ship outside, but not inside, Great Britain; and
    • (b) the repair of a ship save repair when carried out in dry dock;
  • “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, other than a ship belonging to Her Majesty which forms part of Her Majesty’s Navy.
the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst they are at work; andthe risks to the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking,the risks to his own health and safety to which he is exposed whilst he is at work; andthe risks to the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking,there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; orthere has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates;(3A) In this regulation “relevant self-employed person” means a self-employed person who conducts an undertaking of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.(4) An employer shall not employ a young person unless he has, in relation to risks to the health and safety of young persons, made or reviewed an assessment in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (5) .the inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity of young persons;the fitting-out and layout of the workplace and the workstation;the nature, degree and duration of exposure to physical, biological and chemical agents;the form, range, and use of work equipment and the way in which it is handled;the organisation of processes and activities;the extent of the health and safety training provided or to be provided to young persons; andrisks from agents, processes and work listed in the Annex to Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work, as amended by Directive 2014/27/EU.the significant findings of the assessment; andany group of his employees identified by it as being especially at risk.

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