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32.—(1) The principal dutyholders(1) must—
(a)before the construction phase begins, establish a system which enables as far as is reasonably practicable the prompt reporting of every safety occurrence to the principal dutyholders by reporting persons, and
(b)maintain the system throughout the construction phase.
(2) The principal dutyholders must take reasonable steps to ensure each reporting person is provided with adequate instruction and information on the system established by virtue of paragraph (1) and the incidents or situations that should be reported by the reporting person through the system—
(a)in the case of a designer or contractor, before beginning any work;
(b)in the case of any other person, as soon as reasonably practicable after first entering the site of the work.
(3) The principal contractor (or sole contractor) must ensure an appropriate frequency of inspections of the work for safety occurrences throughout the construction phase.
(4) The principal designer (or sole or lead designer) must ensure an appropriate frequency of inspections of HRB design work for safety occurrences throughout the construction phase.
(5) The requirements of this regulation do not apply to work to existing HRB which consists only of—
(a)exempt work, or
(b)work to which regulation 10 (notification of emergency repairs to existing HRB) applies.
See definition in regulation 35 (mandatory occurrence reporting: definitions).
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