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The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Application of these Regulations

  5. 4.Requirements under these Regulations

  6. 4A.Stability and solidity

  7. 5.Maintenance of workplace, and of equipment, devices and systems

  8. 6.Ventilation

  9. 7.Temperature in indoor workplaces

  10. 8.Lighting

  11. 9.Cleanliness and waste materials

  12. 10.Room dimensions and space

  13. 11.Workstations and seating

  14. 12.Condition of floors and traffic routes

  15. 13.Falls or falling objects

  16. 14.Windows, and transparent or translucent doors, gates and walls

  17. 15.Windows, skylights and ventilators

  18. 16.Ability to clean windows etc. safely

  19. 17.Organisation etc. of traffic routes

  20. 18.Doors and gates

  21. 19.Escalators and moving walkways

  22. 20.Sanitary conveniences

  23. 21.Washing facilities

  24. 22.Drinking water

  25. 23.Accommodation for clothing

  26. 24.Facilities for changing clothing

  27. 25.Facilities for rest and to eat meals

  28. 25A.Disabled persons

  29. 26.Exemption certificates

  30. 27.Repeals, saving and revocations

  31. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FACTORIES WHICH ARE NOT NEW WORKPLACES, MODIFICATIONS, EXTENSIONS OR CONVERSIONS

      1. PART I SPACE

        1. 1.No room in the workplace shall be so overcrowded as...

        2. 2.Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1, the number...

        3. 3.In calculating for the purposes of this Part of this...

      2. PART II NUMBER OF SANITARY CONVENIENCES

        1. 4.In workplaces where females work, there shall be at least...

        2. 5.In workplaces where males work, there shall be at least...

        3. 6.In calculating the number of males or females who work...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

      1. PART I REPEALS

      2. PART II REVOCATIONS

  32. Explanatory Note

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