The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2013/1471 |
| Year | 2013 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , these Regulations come into force on 1st October 2013.(3) Regulation 18(2) comes into force immediately after the coming into force of the other regulations.(1) In these Regulations—
- “the 1954 Act” means the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 ;
- “the 1969 Act” means the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 ;
- “the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
- “the 1999 Regulations” means the Quarries Regulations 1999 ;
- “the 2002 Regulations” means the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 ;
- “the 2006 Regulations” means the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 ;
- “the 2013 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application Outside Great Britain) Order 2013 ;
- “accident” includes an act of non-consensual physical violence done to a person at work;
- “approved manner” means published in a form considered appropriate and approved for the time being for the purposes of these Regulations—
- (a) by the Executive; or
- (b) in relation to activities covered by regulation 3 of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006 , by the ORR;
- “biological agent” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2002 Regulations;
- “carcinogen” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2002 Regulations;
- “consecutive days” includes any days which are not or would not have been working days;
- “construction site” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations F92015;
- “dangerous occurrence” means an occurrence which arises out of or in connection with work and is of a class specified in—
- (a) Part 1 of Schedule 2;
- (b) Part 2 of Schedule 2 and takes place anywhere except an offshore workplace;
- (c) Part 3 of Schedule 2 and takes place at a mine;
- (d) Part 4 of Schedule 2 and takes place at a quarry;
- (e) Part 5 of Schedule 2 and takes place where a relevant transport system is operated; or
- (f) Part 6 of Schedule 2 and takes place at an offshore workplace;
- “disease” includes a medical condition;
- “diagnosis” means a registered medical practitioner's identification (in writing, where it pertains to an employee) of—
- (a) new symptoms; or
- (b) symptoms which have significantly worsened;
- “diving contractor” and “diving project” have the meanings they are given by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations 1997 ;
- “dock” means any place to which section 125(1) of the Factories Act 1961 applies;
- “the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;
- “explosives” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of F4the Explosives Regulations 2014;
- “factory” has the meaning given by section 175 of the Factories Act 1961;
- “flammable gas” and “flammable liquid” have the meanings associated with those hazard classes in Part 2 of Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (the CLP Regulation) ;
- F7“mine” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Mines Regulations 2014 and for the purposes of these Regulations includes a tip within the meaning of regulation 4(3) (b) of those Regulations which is associated with such a mine;
- “mutagen” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2002 Regulations;
- “nominated person” means, in relation to a mine or quarry, the person (if any) who is for the time being nominated—
- (a) in a case where there is an association or body representative of a majority of the total number of persons employed at a mine or quarry, by that association or body; or
- (b) in any other case, jointly by associations or bodies which are together representative of such a majority,
- “non-passenger train” means any train except a passenger train;
- “offshore installation” has the meaning given by article 4(2) of the 2013 Order;
- “offshore workplace” means any place where activities are carried on, or any premises, such that prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act are applied to those activities or premises by article 4, 5 or 6 of the 2013 Order (which for this purpose are deemed to apply to activities or premises within Great Britain which are in tidal waters or on the foreshore or other land intermittently covered by such waters as they apply to activities or premises within territorial waters or a designated area within the meaning of article 2(1) of that Order) ;
- “operator” means—
- (a) in relation to a pipeline, the person identified as such by regulation 2(1) of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 ; and
- (b) in relation to a quarry, the person in overall control of the working of the quarry;
- “the ORR” means F19the Office of Rail and Road;
- “owner” in relation to a mine means the person who is for the time being entitled to work it;
- “passenger train” means a train carrying passengers or made available for that purpose;
- “pipeline” and “pipeline works” have the meanings given by article 6(2) of the 2013 Order;
- “quarry” means a quarry to which the 1999 Regulations apply;
- “railway” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2006 Regulations;
- “relevant transport system” means—
- (a) a railway;
- (b) a tramway as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 2006 Regulations;
- (c) a trolley vehicle system as defined by section 67 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 , except when it operates on a road; or
- (d) any other system using guided transport as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 2006 Regulations,
- “reportable incident” means an incident giving rise to a notification or reporting requirement under these Regulations;
- “reporting procedure” means, in relation to—
- (a) an injury, death or dangerous occurrence (except at a mine or quarry) , the procedure described in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;
- (b) an occupational disease or a disease offshore, the procedure described in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1;
- (c) exposure to a carcinogen, mutagen or biological agent, the procedure described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; or
- (d) an injury, death or dangerous occurrence at a mine or quarry, the procedure...
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