http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/regulation/9The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseHEALTH AND SAFETY2018-10-10Expert Participation2018-01-01 PART 3 Health and safety duties and rolesDuties of designers91A designer must not commence work in relation to a project unless satisfied that the client is aware of the duties owed by the client under these Regulations.2When preparing or modifying a design the designer must take into account the general principles of prevention and any pre-construction information to eliminate, so far as is reasonably practicable, foreseeable risks to the health or safety of any person—acarrying out or liable to be affected by construction work;bmaintaining or cleaning a structure; orcusing a structure designed as a workplace.3If it is not possible to eliminate these risks, the designer must, so far as is reasonably practicable—atake steps to reduce or, if that is not possible, control the risks through the subsequent design process;bprovide information about those risks to the principal designer; andcensure appropriate information is included in the health and safety file.4A designer must take all reasonable steps to provide, with the design, sufficient information about the design, construction or maintenance of the structure, to adequately assist the client, other designers and contractors to comply with their duties under these Regulations.
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