Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 2013-08-02

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013.
(2) If, prior to the making of these Regulations,
(a) a design process for a domestic dwelling, not relating to trade, business or undertaking, has commenced, or
(b) construction stage for a domestic dwelling, not relating to trade, business or undertaking has commenced,
(3) These Regulations shall not apply to drilling and extraction in the extractive industries as defined by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Extractive Industries) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 467 of 1997 ).
(4) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 August 2013.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) the presence or the reasonably foreseeable presence of—
(i) flammable or explosive atmospheres,
(ii) harmful gas, fume, or vapour,
(iii) free flowing solid or an increasing level of liquid,
(iv) excess of oxygen,
(v) excessively high temperature,
(b) lack or reasonably foreseeable lack of oxygen;
(a) the doing of one or more of the following with respect to a structure:
(i) construction;
(ii) alteration;
(iii) conversion;
(iv) fitting out;
(v) commissioning;
(vi) renovation;
(vii) repair;
(viii) upkeep;
(ix) redecoration or other maintenance, including cleaning involving the use of water or an abrasive at high pressure or the use of substances or mixtures classified as corrosive or toxic in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1272/20082 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures or of the European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 62 of 2004 );
(x) de-commissioning, demolition or dismantling;
(b) the preparation for an intended structure, including but not limited to site clearance, exploration, investigation (but not site survey) and excavation, and the laying or installing of the foundations of an intended structure;
(c) the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or the disassembly of prefabricated elements which, immediately before such disassembly, formed a structure;
(d) the removal of a structure or part of a structure or of any product or waste resulting from demolition or dismantling of a structure or disassembly of prefabricated elements which, immediately before such disassembly, formed a structure;
(e) the installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunication and computer systems, or similar services which are normally fixed within or to a structure;
(a) a contractor or an employer whose employees undertake, carry out or manage construction work, or
(b) a person who—
(i) carries out or manages construction work for a fixed or other sum, and
(ii) supplies materials, labour or both, whether the contractor’s own labour or that of another, to carry out the work;
(a) magazine licensed under sections 6 to 8 of the Act of 1875,
(b) store licensed under section 15 of the Act of 1875, or
(c) premises registered in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 1875;