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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 146 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
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)(3), 43(2) and (3), 54(1) and (2) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and (2), 5 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 has carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(6).
It appears to the Department that the modifications to the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(7) and to the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008(8) in Schedule 6 are expedient for the purposes of Article 54(1) of the 1978 Order. It also appears to the Department not to be appropriate to consult bodies in respect of those modifications for the purposes of Article 54(5) of the 1978 Order.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2016.
“the 2007 Regulations” means the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(9);
“the Management Regulations” means the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(10);
“workplace” means a workplace within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(12) other than a construction site.
3. Within the territorial sea or a designated area these Regulations shall apply only to and in relation to the premises and activities to which paragraphs 7 and 9(1)(a) of Schedule 1 apply.
9.—(1) A designer shall not commence work in relation to a project unless satisfied that the client is aware of the duties owed by the client under these Regulations.
(2) When preparing or modifying a design the designer shall take into account the general principles of prevention and any pre-construction information to eliminate, so far as is reasonably practicable, foreseeable risks to the health or safety of any person—
(3) If it is not possible to eliminate the risks, the designer shall, so far as is reasonably practicable—
(4) A designer shall take all reasonable steps to provide, with the design, sufficient information about the design, construction or maintenance of the structure, to adequately assist the client, other designers and contractors to comply with their duties under these Regulations.
Designs prepared or modified outside Northern Ireland
10.—(1) Where a design is prepared or modified outside Northern Ireland for use in construction work to which these Regulations apply—
(a)the person who commissions it, if established within Northern Ireland; or
shall ensure that regulation 9 is complied with.
11.—(1) The principal designer shall plan, manage and monitor the pre-construction phase and coordinate matters relating to health and safety during the pre-construction phase to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the project is carried out without risks to health or safety.
(2) In fulfilling the duty in paragraph (1), and in particular when—
the principal designer shall take into account the general principles of prevention and, where relevant, the content of any construction phase plan and any health and safety file.
(3) In fulfilling the duties in paragraph (1), the principal designer shall identify and eliminate or control, so far as is reasonably practicable, foreseeable risks to the health or safety of any person—
(4) In fulfilling the duties in paragraph (1), the principal designer shall ensure all designers comply with their duties in regulation 9.
(5) In fulfilling the duty to coordinate health and safety matters in paragraph (1), the principal designer shall ensure that all persons working in relation to the pre-construction phase cooperate with the client, the principal designer and each other.
(6) The principal designer shall—
(7) The principal designer shall liaise with the principal contractor for the duration of the principal designer’s appointment and share with the principal contractor information relevant to the planning, management and monitoring of the construction phase and the coordination of health and safety matters during the construction phase.
13.—(1) The principal contractor shall plan, manage and monitor the construction phase and coordinate matters relating to health and safety during the construction phase to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety.
the principal contractor shall take into account the general principles of prevention.
(3) The principal contractor shall—
(4) The principal contractor shall ensure that—
(c)facilities that comply with the requirements of Schedule 3 are provided throughout the construction phase.
(5) The principal contractor shall liaise with the principal designer for the duration of the principal designer’s appointment and share with the principal designer information relevant to the planning, management and monitoring of the pre-construction phase and the coordination of health and safety matters during the pre-construction phase.
(2) A contractor carrying out construction work shall comply with the requirements of this Part so far as they affect the contractor or any worker under the control of the contractor or relate to matters within the contractor’s control.
(3) A domestic client who controls the way in which any construction work is carried out by a person at work shall comply with the requirements of this Part so far as they relate to matters within the client’s control.
18.—(1) Each part of a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be kept in good order and those parts in which construction work is being carried out shall be kept in a reasonable state of cleanliness.
(2) Where necessary in the interests of health and safety, a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, and in accordance with the level of risk posed, comply with either or both of the following—
19.—(1) All practicable steps shall be taken, where necessary to prevent danger to any person, to ensure that any new or existing structure does not collapse if, due to the carrying out of construction work, it—
(2) Any buttress, temporary support or temporary structure shall—
(3) A structure shall not be so loaded as to render it unsafe to any person.
20.—(1) The demolition or dismantling of a structure shall be planned and carried out in such a manner as to prevent danger or, where it is not practicable to prevent it, to reduce danger to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.
24.—(1) Where necessary to prevent danger, energy distribution installations shall be suitably located, periodically checked and clearly indicated.
(a)they shall be directed away from the area of risk; or
(b)the power shall be isolated and, where necessary, earthed.
(3) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with paragraph 2(a) or (b), suitable warning notices shall be provided together with one or more of the following—
(4) Construction work which is liable to create a risk to health or safety from an underground service, or from damage to or disturbance of it, shall not be carried out unless suitable and sufficient steps (including any steps required by this regulation) have been taken to prevent the risk, so far as is reasonably practicable.
25.—(1) Where, in the course of construction work, a person is at risk of falling into water or other liquid with a risk of drowning, suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to—
(2) Suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to ensure the safe transport of any person conveyed by water to or from a place of work.
27.—(1) Suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to prevent or control the unintended movement of any vehicle.
(2) Where a person may be endangered by the movement of a vehicle, suitable and sufficient steps to give warning to any person who is liable to be at risk from the movement of the vehicle shall be taken by either or both—
(3) A vehicle being used for the purposes of construction work shall, when being driven, operated or towed, be—
(4) A person shall not ride, or be required or permitted to ride, on any vehicle being used for the purposes of construction work otherwise than in a safe place in that vehicle provided for that purpose.
(5) A person shall not remain, or be required or permitted to remain, on any vehicle during the loading or unloading of any loose material unless a safe place of work is provided and maintained for that person.
(6) Suitable and sufficient measures shall be taken to prevent a vehicle from falling into any excavation or pit, or into water, or overrunning the edge of any embankment or earthwork.
28. Suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of injury to a person during the carrying out of construction work arising from—
30.—(1) Where necessary in the interests of the health or safety of a person on a construction site, a sufficient number of suitable emergency routes and exits shall be provided to enable any person to reach a place of safety quickly in the event of danger.
(2) The matters in regulation 29(2) shall be taken into account when making provision under paragraph (1).
(3) An emergency route or exit shall lead as directly as possible to an identified safe area.
(4) An emergency route or exit and any traffic route giving access to it shall be kept clear and free from obstruction and, where necessary, provided with emergency lighting so that it may be used at any time.
(5) Each emergency route or exit shall be indicated by suitable signs.
31.—(1) Where necessary in the interests of the health or safety of a person on a construction site, suitable and sufficient fire-fighting equipment and fire detection and alarm systems shall be provided and located in suitable places.
(3) Fire-fighting equipment or fire detection and alarm systems shall be examined and tested at suitable intervals and properly maintained.
(4) Fire-fighting equipment which is not designed to come into use automatically shall be easily accessible.
32.—(1) Suitable and sufficient steps shall be taken to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that each construction site, or approach to a construction site, has sufficient fresh or purified air to ensure that the site or approach is safe and without risks to health or safety.
34.—(1) Each construction site and approach and traffic route to that site shall be provided with suitable and sufficient lighting, which shall be, so far as is reasonably practicable, by natural light.
(2) The colour of any artificial lighting provided shall not adversely affect or change the perception of any sign or signal provided for the purposes of health or safety.
(3) Suitable and sufficient secondary lighting shall be provided in any place where there would be a risk to the health or safety of a person in the event of the failure of primary artificial lighting.
35. Breach of a duty imposed by the preceding provisions of these Regulations, other than those imposed by regulations 4(2)(b), 4(5), 13(4)(b) and (c), 15(10) and (11), and 16(2) and (3), 17 to 34 and Schedule 3, shall not confer a right of action in any civil proceedings insofar as that duty applies for the protection of a person who is not an employee of the person on whom the duty is placed.
36.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board, within the meaning of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(13), shall be the enforcing authority in respect of a construction site which is contained within, or forms part of, premises which are occupied by persons other than those carrying out the construction work or any activity arising from such work as regards regulations 29 and 30, in so far as those regulations relate to fire, and regulation 31.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any premises of a description specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Fire Certificates (Special Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(14).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 11th March 2016.
SCHEDULE 1PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA OR A DESIGNATED AREA
SCHEDULE 2PARTICULARS TO BE NOTIFIED UNDER REGULATION 6
3. The name of the district council where the construction site is located.
Regulations 4(2)(b), 13(4)(c) and 15(11)
SCHEDULE 3MINIMUM WELFARE FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES
1.—(1) Suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences shall be provided or made available at readily accessible places.
(2) So far as is reasonably practicable, rooms containing sanitary conveniences shall be adequately ventilated and lit.
(3) So far as is reasonably practicable, sanitary conveniences and the rooms containing them shall be kept in a clean and orderly condition.
(4) Separate rooms containing sanitary conveniences shall be provided for men and women, except where and so far as each convenience is in a separate room, the door of which is capable of being secured from the inside.
2.—(1) Suitable and sufficient washing facilities, including showers if required by the nature of the work or for health reasons, shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided or made available at readily accessible places.
(2) Washing facilities shall be provided—
(3) Washing facilities shall include—
(4) Rooms containing washing facilities shall be sufficiently ventilated and lit.
(5) Washing facilities and the rooms containing them shall be kept in a clean and orderly condition.
(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), separate washing facilities shall be provided for men and women, except where they are provided in a room the door of which is capable of being secured from the inside and the facilities in each room are intended to be used by only one person at a time.
3.—(1) An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water shall be provided or made available at readily accessible and suitable places.
(2) Where necessary for reasons of health or safety, every supply of drinking water shall be conspicuously marked by an appropriate sign.
(3) Where a supply of drinking water is provided, a sufficient number of suitable cups or other drinking vessels shall also be provided, unless the supply of drinking water is in a jet from which persons can drink easily.
4.—(1) Suitable and sufficient changing rooms shall be provided or made available at readily accessible places if a worker—
(2) Where necessary, for reasons of propriety, there shall be separate changing rooms for, or separate use of rooms by, men and women.
(3) Changing rooms shall—
(4) Suitable and sufficient facilities shall, where necessary, be provided or made available at readily accessible places to enable persons to lock away—
5.—(1) Suitable and sufficient rest rooms or rest areas shall be provided or made available at readily accessible places.
SCHEDULE 4WORK INVOLVING PARTICULAR RISKS
3. Work with ionising radiation requiring the designation of controlled or supervised areas under regulation 16 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(17).
SCHEDULE 5TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS
5.—(1) The CDM co-ordinator shall—
(a)cooperate with any person working on or in relation to a project at the same or an adjoining construction site, to the extent necessary to enable any person with a duty or function under these Regulations to fulfil that duty or function;
(2) The CDM co-ordinator shall not arrange for or instruct a worker to carry out or manage design or construction work unless the worker is competent or under the supervision of a competent person.
6.—(1) The duties in regulations 5(1)(a) and (3) do not apply to a project referred to in paragraph 4(1).
(3) If a client fails to make the appointment required by paragraph 4(3) the client shall fulfil the duties of a principal designer in regulations 11 and 12 on and after 1st August 2017.
7. Where a relevant project has only one contractor and the construction phase has started, the contractor shall draw up a construction phase plan, or make arrangements for a construction phase plan to be drawn up, under regulation 15(5) and (6) as soon as is practicable after 1st August 2016 and the requirement that the plan shall be drawn up prior to setting up a construction site is disapplied.
8.—(1) Where, immediately before 1st August 2016 there is a principal contractor appointed for a relevant project under regulation 14(2) of the 2007 Regulations, for the purposes of these Regulations that principal contractor is treated on and after 1st August 2016 as having been appointed under regulation 5(1)(b) of these Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, on and after 1st August 2016—
(d)notice given for a relevant project under regulation 21 of the 2007 Regulations is treated as notice given under regulation 6 of these Regulations
Factories Act (Northern Ireland) 1965(18) 1965 c.20 In section 176(1) in the definitions “building operation” and “work of engineering construction” for “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 291)” substitute “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(19) S.R. 1993 No. 37 In regulation 3(1)(b) for “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(20) S.R. 1997 No. 455 In regulation 2(1) for “regulation 2 of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” substitute “regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(21) S.R. 1999 No. 90
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(22) S.R. 1999 No. 305 In regulation 6(5)(e) for “regulation 30(4) or 31(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “regulation 21(4) and 22(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(23) S.R. 2001 No. 348 In regulation 3(5)(a) for “regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(24) S.R. 2004 No. 63 In regulation 2(4)(d) for “regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “regulation 2(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
Work in Compressed Air Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(25) S.R. 2004 No. 241
Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(26) S.R. 2005 No. 279 In regulation 2(1) for “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008(27) SI 2008/2852 In paragraph 1(d)(i)(bb) of Part 3 of Schedule 3, for “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007” substitute “Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016”
1. These Regulations revoke and re-enact, with modifications, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 291) (the “2007 Regulations”). They implement in Northern Ireland the requirements of Directive 92/57/EEC (O.J. No. L245, 26.8.92, p6) (“the Directive”) on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), except certain technical requirements in the annexes to the Directive which are implemented by other health and safety regulations relating to specific hazards or circumstances. These include the Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 279) and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 37).
2. Part 2 sets out the client duties under the Regulations. Part 3 provides for various health and safety duties and roles, namely general duties, the duties of the principal designer, principal contractor, designers and contractors. Part 4 provides the general requirements for all construction sites which remain largely unchanged from the 2007 Regulations. Part 5 sets out the general provisions including civil liability.
(i)Modified duties of contractors and are set out in regulation 15.
(j)Transitional provisions are set out in Schedule 5.
4. The key changed role in these Regulations from the 2007 Regulations is that of the principal designer. This role fulfils the function of a safety and health coordinator for the project preparation stage as required by Article 3.1 of the Directive which was previously carried out by the role of CDM co-ordinator. The principal designer has more a central role in the project than that of a CDM co-ordinator as they must be a designer with control over the pre-construction phase of the project (regulation 5(1)(a)). The pre-construction phase includes all design and preparation work for the construction project (regulation 2(1)). The principal designer is required to coordinate all health and safety matters relating to the pre-construction phase alongside the overall planning, management and monitoring of the pre-construction phase of the project (regulation 11(1)).
5. Schedule 5 provides transitional provisions for existing projects. Where an existing project has a CDM co-ordinator, a principal designer must be appointed within twelve months of the date these Regulations come into operation unless the project ends before that date (paragraph 4 of Schedule 5). During the interim period the existing CDM co-ordinator must fulfil the duties in paragraph 5 of Schedule 5.
6. The principal contractor role fulfils the role of safety and health coordinator for the project execution stage as required by Article 3.1 of the Directive. The core duties of the principal contractor have only minor modifications from those imposed under the 2007 Regulations and a principal contractor who has been appointed to an existing project under the 2007 Regulations will be treated as if they had been appointed as a principal contractor under these Regulations (paragraph 8 of Schedule 5).
7. In Great Britain the corresponding Regulations are the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/51). The Great Britain Health and Safety Executive has prepared a full impact assessment in relation to those Regulations. A copy of that assessment together with a Northern Ireland supplement prepared by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is held at the offices of that Executive at 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FR, from where a copy may be obtained on request. A copy of the transposition note in relation to the implementation of the Directive set out in paragraph 1 can also be obtained from the same address. Copies of both these documents are annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.
8. A person who contravenes the Regulations is guilty of an offence under Article 31 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and is liable—
Article 17 shall be read with S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17), Articles 3(2) and 4(2)
S.R. 2000 No. 375, as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 436, S.R. 2006 No. 205 and revoked in part by S.R. 2001 No. 436, S.R. 2003 No. 510 and S.R. 2003 No. 533