Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

17.26.8
Information, instruction and training – 
Regulations 8 and 9
Persons who use work equipment must have adequate:
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health and safety information
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where appropriate, written instructions about the 
use of the equipment
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training for health and safety in methods which 
should be adopted when using the equipment, any 
hazards and precaution which should be taken to 
reduce risks.
Any persons who supervise the use of work equipment 
should also receive information, instruction and train-
ing. The training of young persons is especially import-
ant with the need for special risk assessments under the 
Management Regulations.
Health and safety training should take place within 
working hours.
17.26.9
Conformity with Community 
requirements – Regulation 10
The intention of this regulation is to require that employ-
ers ensure that equipment, provided for use after 31 
December 1992, conforms at all times with the relevant 
essential requirements in various European Directives 
made under Article 100A (now 95) of the Treaty of Rome. 
The requirements of PUWER 98 Regulations 11 to 19 
and 22 to 29 only apply if the essential requirements do 
not apply to a particular piece of equipment.
However, PUWER regulations 11–19 and 22–29 
will 
apply
if:
➤
they include requirements which were not included 
in the relevant product legislation
➤
the relevant product legislation has not been com-
plied with (e.g. the guards fi tted on a machine when 
supplied were not adequate).
Employers using work equipment need to check that 
any new equipment has been made to the requirements 
of the relevant Directive, has a CE marking, suitable 
instructions and a Certifi cate of Conformity.
The Machinery Directive was brought into UK law 
by the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 
as amended, which duplicate PUWER regulations 11–19 
and 22–29.