There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010, Section 10.
10.—(1) Where a regulation 6 assessment reveals a risk to workers’ health and safety, the employer who carried out that assessment shall make available to the Secretary of State on request appropriate information on—
(a)the results of that assessment;
(b)the activities in which workers have been exposed or may have been exposed;
(c)the number of workers exposed;
(d)the name and capabilities of the person responsible for health and safety on the ship;
(e)the protective and preventive measures taken, including working procedures and methods; and
(f)an emergency plan for the protection of workers from exposure to group 3 and group 4 biological agents which might result from a loss of physical containment.
(2) The employer shall immediately inform the Secretary of State of the occurrence of an accident or incident which may have resulted in the release of a biological agent that could cause severe human infection or illness.
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