Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995

  • This version was replaced on 8 August 2018 to make a correction to regulation 2 under section 25(1)(j)(iii) of the Legislation Act 2012.

Duties in relation to excavations in construction work

23 Application of regulations 24 and 25

(1)

In regulations 24 and 25, the term employer means—

(a)

every employer, in relation to every workplace under the control of that employer in which any construction work is carried out; and

(b)

every person who controls a workplace in which any construction work is carried out.

(2)

In regulations 24 and 25, the term employee,—

(a)

in relation to an employer of the kind described in subclause (1)(a), means an employee of that employer; and

(b)

in relation to a person of the kind described in subclause (1)(b), means a person working in the workplace.

Regulation 23(1)(a): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).

Regulation 23(1)(b): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).

Regulation 23(2)(b): amended, on 4 April 2016, by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).