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Regulation 119 Inspection of work equipment

(1) An employer shall ensure that, as regards work equipment to which Regulations 101 to 114 apply -

(a) where the safety of the work equipment depends on how it is installed or assembled it is not used after installation or assembly in any position unless it has been inspected in that position,

(b) without prejudice to paragraphs (a) and (c), work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration which is liable to result in dangerous situations is inspected -

(i) at suitable intervals, and

(ii) where exceptional circumstances have occurred that are liable to jeopardise the safety of the work equipment, as soon as practicable following these exceptional circumstances, and

(c) without prejudice to paragraph (a), a working platform -

(i) used for construction work, and

(ii) from which an employee could fall 2 m or more,

is not used in any position unless it has been inspected in that position within the previous 7 days or, in the case of a mobile working platform, inspected on the s

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