(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employer shall ensure that, in relation to a band sawing machine -
(a) the saw wheels of the machine and the whole of the blade of that machine, other than that part of the blade which runs downwards between the top wheel and the machine table, is enclosed by a guard or guards of substantial construction, and
(b) that part of the blade of the machine which is above the friction disc or rollers and below the top wheel is guarded by a frontal plate which is as close as is practicable to the saw blade and has at least one flange at right angles to the plate and extending behind the saw blade.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any band sawing machine in respect of which safeguards are provided which render the machine as safe as it would be if the requirements set out in that paragraph were complied with.