Quarries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Meaning of quarry

    4. 4.Application

  3. PART II HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

    1. 5.Duties of the person entitled to work the quarry

    2. 6.General duties of the operator

    3. 7.The health and safety document

    4. 8.Management structure

    5. 9.Training and competence

    6. 10.Instructions, rules and schemes

    7. 11.Review of health and safety measures

  4. PART III RISK CONTROL

    1. 12.Inspection

    2. 13.Benches and haul roads

    3. 14.Rules controlling risk from vehicles

    4. 15.Escape and rescue facilities at the quarry

    5. 16.Barriers

  5. PART IV ADDITIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

    1. 17.Compliance with Part IV

    2. 18.Permits to work

    3. 19.Safety drills

    4. 20.Fire and explosion hazards

    5. 21.Control of harmful and explosive atmospheres

    6. 22.Danger areas

    7. 23.Lighting

  6. PART V EXCAVATIONS AND TIPS

    1. 24.General duty to ensure safety of excavations and tips

    2. 25.Excavations and tips rules

    3. 26.Appraisal of excavations and tips

    4. 27.Meaning of “geotechnical assessment” and operator’s duties in relation to geotechnical assessments

    5. 28.Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are a significant hazard (“notifiable” excavations and tips)

    6. 29.Operator’s duties in relation to excavations and tips which are not a significant hazard

    7. 30.Duty to keep record of substances tipped

    8. 31.Notification of excavations and tips

    9. 32.Transitional provisions

  7. PART VI DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND PARTICIPATION AND DUTIES OF PERSONS AT WORK

    1. 33.Co-operation

    2. 34.Participation of persons at work

    3. 35.Duty of employers of employees at work at a quarry

    4. 36.Duty of persons at work at a quarry

    5. 37.Health surveillance

  8. PART VII MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 38.Record keeping

    2. 39.Notification of quarrying operations

    3. 40.Exemptions

  9. PART VIII REPEALS, AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS

    1. 41.Repeals and amendments

    2. 42.Revocations and amendments

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CONTENT OF GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS

      1. 1.Site survey

      2. 2.Site investigation

      3. 3.Cross-sections based on site investigation

      4. 4.Plans based on site investigation

      5. 5.Assumptions made before analysis

      6. 6.Findings of analysis

      7. 7.Design coming out of analysis

      8. 8.Requirements during and after construction

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REVOCATIONS AND AMENDMENTS

      1. PART I REVOCATIONS

      2. PART II AMENDMENTS

  12. Explanatory Note