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The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Health and safety requirements

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2021-05-06

HEALTH AND SAFETY

These Regulations implement Council Directive 89/392/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery, as amended by Council Directive 91/368/EEC (the Machinery Directive).

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Instrument

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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para 15(c)

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

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reg.2(02) (defn of transposed harmonised standard)

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Sch.1 Pt II

para 1

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para 2(2)

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reg.2(2) (defn of CE marking)

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para 5(a)

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reg.2(2) (defn of EC mark)

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para 5(b)

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reg.2(2) (defn of relevant safety component)

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para 5(c)

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reg.2(2) (defn of safe)

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para 5(d)

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reg.2(2) (defn of safety component)

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para 5(e)

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reg.2(2) (defn of schedule 4 machinery)

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para 5(f)

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Sch.1 Pt II

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reg.9(1)(a)

(b)

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reg.10(1)(a)

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para 2(3)

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Sch.2

para 2(3)

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Sch.1 Pt II

para 3

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20(1)

(4)

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para 2(3)

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(2)

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para 13(a)

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reg.21(4)(b)(iv)

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para 13(b)

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para 13(a)

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Sch.1 Pt n

para 4

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 2(b)

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para 15(b)

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 3(1)(a)

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para 3(k)

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 3(1)(h)

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para 3(1)(j)

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Sch.1 Pt I

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para 21(a)

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Sch.1 Pt I

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para 2(1)

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para 3(k)

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 3(1)(b)

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s. 1.7.4(a)

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Sch.1 Pt I

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 3(1)(d)

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s. 1.7.4(b)(d)

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Sch.1 Pt I

para 3(1)(f)

(g)

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The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

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para. 2(1)

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reg. 2(1)(h)(ii)

reg. 1

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Sch. 3

para. 1.5.8

The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001

reg. 3

reg. 1(3)

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Sch. 3

para. 1.7.4(f)

The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001

reg. 3

reg. 1(3)

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Sch. 6

para. 3(c)

The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004

Sch. 2

art. 1

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Sch. 6

para. 3(c)(viii)

The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004

Sch. 2

art. 1

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Regulations

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reg. 28

reg. 1(1)

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

PART IPRELIMINARY

1Citation, commencement and revocation

2Interpretation

PART IIAPPLICATION

3Relevant machinery

4Definition of “machinery”

General exclusions

5Excluded machinery

6Machinery for export to a third country

Transitional exclusions

7Machinery first supplied or put into service before 1st January 1993

8Exclusion until 31st December 1994 of machinery which complies with health and safety provisions in force in a member State on 31st December 1992

Exclusion of machinery covered by other Directives

9Exclusion of specific machinery

10Machinery where risks are wholly covered by other Directives

PART IIIGENERAL REQUIREMENTS

11General duty

12Requirements for supply of relevant machinery

Conformity assessment procedures

13Relevant machinery other than Schedule 4 machinery

14Schedule 4 machinery manufactured in accordance with transposed harmonised standards

15Schedule 4 machinery not manufactured in accordance with transposed harmonised standards

16Modifications to relevant machinery

17Approved bodies

18United Kingdom approved bodies

19Fees

20Certificate of adequacy

21EC type-examination

Declaration and marking procedures

22EC declaration of conformity

23Declaration of incorporation

24Retention of documentation

25The EC mark

Supplementary provisions

26Conditions for relevant machinery being taken to comply with the relevant essential health and safety requirements

27Judicial review of decisions of approved bodies

PART IVENFORCEMENT

28Application of Schedule 6

29Offences

30Penalties

31Defence of due diligence

32Liability of persons other than the principal offender

33Consequential disapplication of United Kingdom law

34Relevant machinery which is electrical equipment

SCHEDULE 1REVOCATION OF REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 2THE EC MARK (Annex III of the Machinery Directive)

SCHEDULE 3ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY

(Annex I of the Machinery Directive)

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

1PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

2ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF...

3ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET THE PARTICULAR HAZARDS...

4ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO OFFSET THE PARTICULAR HAZARDS...

5ESSENTIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY INTENDED SOLELY FOR...

SCHEDULE 4MACHINERY POSING SPECIAL HAZARDS

(Annex IV of the Machinery Directive)

1Circular saws (single or multi-blade) for working with wood and...

2Hand-fed surface planing machines for woodworking.

3Thicknessers for one-side dressing with manual loading and/or unloading for...

4Band-saws with a mobile bed or carriage and manual loading...

5Combined machines of the types referred to in 1 to...

6Hand-fed tenoning machines with several tool holders for woodworking.

7Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machines.

8Portable chain saws for woodworking.

9Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with...

10Injection or compression plastics-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading....

11Injection or compression rubber-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading....

12Machinery for underground working of the following types: machinery on...

13Manually-loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a...

14Guards and detachable transmission shafts with universal joints as described...

15Vehicles servicing lifts.

SCHEDULE 5EXCLUDED MACHINERY

SCHEDULE 6ENFORCEMENT

1Enforcement in Great Britain in relation to relevant machinery for use at work

2Enforcement in Northern Ireland in relation to relevant machinery for use at work

3Enforcement in relation to relevant machinery as goods for private use or consumption

4Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

5Forfeiture: Scotland

6Duty of enforcement authority to inform Secretary of State of action taken

7Savings

8Nothing in these Regulations shall authorise an enforcement authority to...

9Interpretation

SCHEDULE 7MINING DISAPPLICATIONS

PART IMADE UNDER THE MINES AND QUARRIES ACT 1954

PART II(MADE UNDER THE MINES AND QUARRIES ACT 1954 AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC. ACT 1974)

PART III(MADE UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC. ACT 1974)

1992 No. 3073

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Made30th November 1992

Laid before Parliament9th December 1992

Coming into force1st January 1993

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to the design and construction of, and to the placing on the market and putting into service of, machinery, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section and of all his other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Regulations: