Council Directive of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (89/654/EEC)

SECTION I U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject

1. This Directive, which is the first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, lays down minimum requirements for safety and health at the workplace, as defined in Article 2.

2. This Directive shall not apply to:

(a) means of transport used outside the undertaking and / or the establishment, or workplaces inside means of transport;

(b) temporary or mobile work sites;

(c) extractive industries;

(d) fishing boats;

(e) fields, woods and other land forming part of an agricultural or forestry undertaking but situated away from the undertaking's buildings.

3. The provisions of Directive 89/391 /EEC are fully applicable to the whole scope referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more [X1 stringent] and/or specific provisions contained in this Directive.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/654/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual Directivewithin the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 393 of 30 December 1989).

Article 2 U.K. Definition

For the purposes of this Directive, ‘workplace’ means the place intended to house workstations on the premises of the undertaking and/or establishment and any other place within the area of the undertaking and/or establishment to which the worker has access in the course of his employment.