The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment) Regulations 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and revocation

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of “worker”

   4. 4. Application

3. PART 2 DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS

   1. 5. Persons on whom duties are imposed

   2. 6. Strength and stability

   3. 7. Lifting equipment for lifting persons

   4. 8. Positioning and installation

   5. 9. Marking of work equipment used for lifting

   6. 10. Organisation of lifting operations

   7. 11. Testing

   8. 12. Thorough examination and inspection

   9. 13. Certificates

   10. 14. Reports and defects

   11. 15. Keeping of information

4. PART 3 HATCHES

   1. 16. Hatches

5. PART 4 DUTY OF WORKERS

   1. 17. Duty of workers

6. PART 5 PENALTIES, OFFENCES, INSPECTIONS AND DETENTIONS

   1. 18. Penalties

   2. 19. Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships

   3. 20. Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

   4. 21. Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship

   5. 22. Inspection and other measures in respect of ships registered outside the United Kingdom

   6. 23. Enforcement of detention

   7. 24. Compensation

7. Signature

8. Explanatory Note