The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992

Application of requirements under these Regulations

4.—(1) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall apply in respect of work equipment provided for use or used by any of his employees who is at work or who is on an offshore installation within the meaning assigned to that term by section 1(4) of the Offshore Safety Act 1992(1).

(2) The requirements imposed by these Regulations on an employer shall also apply–

(a) to a self-employed person, in respect of work equipment he uses at work;

(b) to any person who has control, to any extent, of non-domestic premises made available to persons as a place of work, in respect of work equipment used in such premises by such persons and to the extent of his control; and

(c) to any person to whom the provisions of the Factories Act 1961(2) apply by virtue of section 175(5) of that Act as if he were the occupier of a factory, in respect of work equipment used in the premises deemed to be a factory by that section.

(3) Any reference in paragraph (2)(b) to a person having control of any premises or matter is a reference to the person having control of the premises or matter in connection with the carrying on by him of a trade, business or other undertaking (whether for profit or not).

(1)

1992 c. 15.

(2)

1961 c. 34.