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Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998

Part 1- Preliminary

5. Accountable person

In these regulations, a reference to an accountable person is to be read as a reference to –

(a) any person who is responsible for the management or control of the relevant place at which work is undertaken; or

(b) any person temporarily acting in the capacity of a person referred to in paragraph (a); or

(c) any other person on whom the Act imposes a duty or an obligation relevant to the regulation containing the reference.

Part 3 – Obligations

Division 1 – General obligations in relation to workplace hazards

24. Emergency procedures and training

An accountable person must provide as far as is reasonably practicable for the safe and rapid evacuation of persons from the workplace in the event of an emergency.

Division 6 - Fire prevention

113. Fire prevention

An accountable person must provide a system that ensures –

(a) any waste material and accumulated dust are removed on a regular basis; and

(b) any flammable materials are kept and handled in a manner that minimises the risk of fire; and

(c) if the workplace is an enclosed building, warning signs are displayed in any place a person may encounter materials which present a significant fire risk.

Penalty:

Level 1.

114. Emergency facilities

(1) An accountable person must ensure that fire-protection and fire-fighting facilities are –

(a) made available at each workplace in accordance with the Building Regulations within the meaning of the Building Act 2000and the General Fire Regulations 2010, as applicable; and

(b) maintained in an effective condition by a competent person.

Penalty:

Level 2.

(2) The nature of the hazards at the workplace are to be assessed in determining the condition of the fire-fighting facilities provided.

115. Portable fire extinguishers

An accountable person must ensure that in the workplace an appropriate number of portable fire extinguishers are provided, installed and maintained in an effective condition by a competent person.