| Document ID (ISN) | 69637 |
| CIS number |
97-1084 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-11-064643-6 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
Statutory Instruments 1997 No.1713
|
| Title |
Health and Safety - The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 [United Kingdom] |
| Bibliographic information |
HMSO Publications Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1997. 5p. Price: GBP 1.55. |
| Abstract |
These Regulations (coming into force: 28 Jan. 1998) give effects as respects Great Britain to certain points of Council Directive 92/57/EEC (CIS 93-1062). The principal effects of the Regulations are as follows: they prohibit entry into a confined space when the work there may be reasonably carried out by other means; they impose requirements regarding safe systems of work and the preparation and implementation of emergency rescue operations; and they provide for exemption certificates to be issued by the Health and Safety Executive. Certain ancient enacments, including Section 30 of the Factories Act 1961, are repealed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work in confined spaces; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
law |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Confined spaces
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