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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 291

health and safety

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

31st May 2007

Coming into operation

9th July 2007

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    INTRODUCTION

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Application

  2. PART 2

    GENERAL MANAGEMENT DUTIES APPLYING TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

    1. 4. Competence

    2. 5. Co-operation

    3. 6. Co-ordination

    4. 7. General principles of prevention

    5. 8. Election by clients

    6. 9. Client’s duty in relation to arrangements for managing projects

    7. 10. Client’s duty in relation to information

    8. 11. Duties of designers

    9. 12. Designs prepared or modified outside Northern Ireland

    10. 13. Duties of contractors

  3. PART 3

    ADDITIONAL DUTIES WHERE PROJECT IS NOTIFIABLE

    1. 14. Appointments by the client where a project is notifiable

    2. 15. Client’s duty in relation to information where a project is notifiable

    3. 16. The client’s duty in relation to the start of the construction phase where a project is notifiable

    4. 17. The client’s duty in relation to the health and safety file

    5. 18. Additional duties of designers

    6. 19. Additional duties of contractors

    7. 20. General duties of CDM co-ordinators

    8. 21. Notification of project by the CDM co-ordinator

    9. 22. Duties of the principal contractor

    10. 23. The principal contractor’s duty in relation to the construction phase plan

    11. 24. The principal contractor’s duty in relation to co-operation and consultation with workers

  4. PART 4

    DUTIES RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

    1. 25. Application of regulations 26 to 43

    2. 26. Safe places of work

    3. 27. Good order and site security

    4. 28. Stability of structures

    5. 29. Demolition or dismantling

    6. 30. Excavations

    7. 31. Cofferdams and caissons

    8. 32. Reports of inspections

    9. 33. Energy distribution installations

    10. 34. Prevention of drowning

    11. 35. Traffic routes

    12. 36. Vehicles

    13. 37. Prevention of risk from fire etc.

    14. 38. Emergency procedures

    15. 39. Emergency routes and exits

    16. 40. Fire detection and fire-fighting

    17. 41. Fresh air

    18. 42. Temperature and weather protection

    19. 43. Lighting

  5. PART 5

    GENERAL

    1. 44. Civil liability

    2. 45. Enforcement in respect of fire

    3. 46. Transitional provisions

    4. 47. Revocations and amendments

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      PARTICULARS TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE EXECUTIVE

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      WELFARE FACILITIES

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT OF INSPECTION

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      REVOCATIONS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      AMENDMENTS

Go to Explanatory Note

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1), being the Department concerned(2), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6)(3), 43(2) and (3) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 5, 6, 7(1), 8 to 11, 13, 14(1), 15, 17, 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(4) (“the 1978 Order”). The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(5) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(6) of that Order.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3 and S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5) Back [1]

(2)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9) Back [2]

(3)

Article 17 must be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2) Back [3]

(4)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9); the general purposes of Part II referred to in Article 17(1) were extended by S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(1) and 4(1) Back [4]

(5)

Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4 Back [5]

(6)

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18(c) Back [6]

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