The Quarries Regulations 1999

PART IINTERPRETATION AND GENERAL

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Meaning of quarry

PART IIHEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

5Duties of the person entitled to work the quarry

6General duties of the operator

7The health and safety document

8Management structure

9Training and competence

10Instructions, rules and schemes

11Review of health and safety measures

PART IIIRISK CONTROL

13Benches and haul roads

14Rules controlling risk from vehicles

15Escape and rescue facilities at the quarry

PART IVADDITIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

17Compliance with Part IV

18Permits to work

19Safety drills

20Fire and explosion hazards

21Control of harmful and explosive atmospheres

PART VEXPLOSIVES

24Application of this Part

25Operator’s duties

26Supervision of shotfiring operations and trainee shotfirers and records of appointment

27Shotfirer’s duties

29Prohibited activities

PART VIEXCAVATIONS AND TIPS

30General duty to ensure safety of excavations and tips

31Excavations and tips rules

32Appraisal of excavations and tips

33Meaning of “geotechnical assessment” and operator’s duties in relation to geotechnical assessments

34Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are a significant hazard (“notifiable” excavations and tips)

35Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are not a significant hazard

36Duty to keep record of substances tipped

37Notification of excavations and tips

38Transitional provisions

PART VIIDUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND PARTICIPATION AND DUTIES OF PERSONS AT WORK

40Participation of persons at work

41Duty of employers of employees at work at a quarry

42Duty of persons at work at a quarry

43Health surveillance

PART VIIIMISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

44Record keeping

45Notification of quarrying operations

PART IXREPEALS, MODIFICATIONS AND REVOCATIONS

47Repeals and modifications

48Revocations and modifications to instruments

SCHEDULE 1CONTENT OF GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS

2Site investigation

3Cross-sections based on site investigation

4Plans based on site investigation

5Assumptions made before analysis

6Findings of analysis

7Design coming out of analysis

8Requirements during and after construction

SCHEDULE 2REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS OF THE 1954 ACT

PART IIPROVISIONS OF THE 1954 ACT NOT TO APPLY TO QUARRIES AND EXTENT OF CONSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS

SCHEDULE 3MODIFICATIONS OF THE FACTORIES ACT 1961

SCHEDULE 4MODIFICATIONS OF THE 1969 ACT

PART IMODIFICATIONS

PART IIPROVISIONS OF THE 1969 ACT NOT TO APPLY TO QUARRIES AND EXTENT OF CONSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS

SCHEDULE 5REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS

PART IREVOCATIONS

PART IIMODIFICATIONS

1999 No. 2024

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Quarries Regulations 1999

Made12th July 1999

Laid before Parliament27th July 1999

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (5)(b) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 3(1) and (2), 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15(1), 16, 18, 20 and 21(b) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations: