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9.—(1) The employer must ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risks identified in the most recent risk assessment under regulation 8 are eliminated or reduced to a minimum.
(2) Measures taken under paragraph (1) must—
(a)be based on the general principles of prevention set out in Schedule 1 to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999(1); and
(b)take into account technical progress, the potential to restrict access to parts of the workplace, and the availability of measures to control the production of electromagnetic fields at source.
S.I. 1999/3242, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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