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The Work at Height Regulations 2005

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 33 Cited in Amendments 9 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2005/735
Year2005
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.
    • (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—in which it is capable of being reproduced as a printed copy when required;which is secure from loss or unauthorised interference.in Great Britain; andoutside Great Britain as sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the 1974 Act apply by virtue of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2001 by an employee of his; orby any other person under his control, to the extent of his control.by him; orby a person under his control, to the extent of his control; andto any person other than a self-employed person F23or relevant self-employed person, in relation to work by a person under his control, to the extent of his control.are carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master; andare not liable to expose persons at work other than the master and crew to a risk to their safety;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a place specified in regulation 5(3) of the Loading and Unloading of Fishing Vessels Regulations 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) Regulation 11 of these Regulations shall not apply to an installation while regulation 12 of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc) Regulations 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“relevant self-employed person” means a self-employed person who conducts an undertaking of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 3(2) of the 1974 Act;“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, other than a ship which forms part of Her Majesty's Navy.

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