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3.—(1) Within territorial waters these Regulations shall apply only to and in relation to the premises and activities specified in paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 1.
(2) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer in respect of lifting equipment shall apply in relation to such equipment provided for use or used by an employee of his at work.
(3) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall also apply—
(a)to a self-employed person, in respect of lifting equipment he uses at work;
(b)subject to paragraph (5), to a person who has control to any extent of—
(i)lifting equipment;
(ii)a person at work who uses or supervises or manages the use of lifting equipment; or
(iii)the way in which lifting equipment is used,
and to the extent of his control.
(4) Any reference in paragraph (3)(b) to a person having control is a reference to a person having control in connection with the carrying on by him of a trade, business or other undertaking (whether for profit or not).
(5) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall not apply to a person in respect of lifting equipment supplied by him by way of sale, agreement for sale or hire-purchase agreement.
(6) Subject to paragraphs (7) to (10), these Regulations shall not impose any obligation in relation to a ship’s work equipment (whether that equipment is used on or off the ship).
(7) Where merchant shipping requirements are applicable to a ship’s work equipment, paragraph (6) shall relieve the shore employer of his obligations under these Regulations in respect of that equipment only where he has taken all reasonable steps to satisfy himself that the merchant shipping requirements are being complied with in respect of that equipment.
(8) In a case where the merchant shipping requirements are not applicable to the ship’s work equipment by reason only that for the time being there is no master, crew or watchman on the ship, those requirements shall nevertheless be treated for the purpose of paragraph (7) as if they were applicable.
(9) Where the ship’s work equipment is used in a specified operation paragraph (6) shall not apply to regulations 6 and 8 (each as applied by regulation 3).
(10) Paragraph (6) does not apply to a ship’s work equipment provided for use or used in an activity specified in paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 1 save that it does apply to—
(a)the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of the ship; or
(b)the construction, reconstruction, finishing, refitting, repair, maintenance, cleaning or breaking up of the ship.
(11) In this regulation—
“master” has the meaning assigned to it by section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1);
“merchant shipping requirements” means the requirements of regulations 3 and 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Guarding of Machinery and Safety of Electrical Equipment) Regulations 1988(2) and regulations 5 to 10 of the Merchant Shipping (Hatches and Lifting Plant) Regulations 1988(3);
“ship” has the meaning assigned to it by section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 save that it does not include an offshore installation;
“shore employer” means an employer of persons (other than the master and crew of any ship) who are engaged in a specified operation;
“specified operation” means an operation in which the ship’s work equipment is used—
by persons other than the master and crew; or
where persons other than the master and crew are liable to be exposed to a risk to their health or safety from its use.
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