legislation, regulation and standards

7/30/2019 Legislation, Regulation and Standards

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Legislation,

Regulation

and Standards

Prepared andpresented by

Nabeel Hassan A K


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Legislation

is law which

has beenpromulgated

(or "enacted")

by a

legislature or

othergoverning

body, or the

process of

making it.

Regulation

A process of the

promulgation,monitoring, and

enforcement of

rules,

established by

primary and/ordelegated

legislation.

A written

instrument

containing rules

having the force

of law.

Standards

An idea or

thing used as ameasure,

norm, or

model in

comparative

evaluations.A required or

agreed level of

quality or

attainment.


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Health and Safety atWork etc. Act 1974

is an Act of the Parliament

of the United Kingdom thatas of 2011 defines the

fundamental structure and

authority for the

encouragement, regulation

and enforcement of

workplace health, safety

and welfare within theUnited Kingdom


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Part II The Employment Medical

Advisory Service

Part III Building Regulations, andAmendment of Building (Scotland) Act1959

Part IVMiscellaneous and General

Part I Health, Safety and Welfare in

connection with Work, and Control

of Dangerous Substances andCertain Emissions into theAtmosphere


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The Elect ricity at Work

Regulat ions 1989

This legislation

places legalimplications on

employers to ensure

the safety of

electrical devices in

the workplace.


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PART IIntroduction

PART IIGeneral

PART III

Regulations Applying toMines Only.

PART IV

Miscellaneous andGeneral.


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PART IIntroduction

Citation and commencement.

Interpretation.

Persons on whom duties areimposed by these Regulations.


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PART IIGeneral

4.Systems, work activities and protectiveequipment.

5.Strength and capability of electrical equipment.

6.Adverse or hazardous environments.

7.Insulation, protection and placing ofconductors.

8.Earthing or other suitable precautions.

9.Integrity of referenced conductors.

10.Connections.

11.Means for protecting from excess of current.

12.Means for cutting off the supply and forisolation.

13.Precautions for work on equipment madedead.

14.Work on or near live conductors.

15.Working space, access and lighting. 16.Persons to be competent to prevent danger

and injury.


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PART II

Regulat ions Applying to M ines Only

17.Provisions applying to mines only.

18.Introduction of electrical equipment.

19.Restriction of equipment in certain zones

below ground.

20.Cutting off electricity or making safe

where firedamp is found either below

ground or at the surface.

21.Approval of certain equipment for use in

safety-lamp mines.

22.Means of cutting off electricity to circuits

below ground.

23.Oil-filled equipment.

24.Records and information.

25.Electric shock notices.

26.Introduction of battery-powered

locomotives and vehicles into safety-lampmines.

27.Storage, charging and transfer of

electrical storage batteries.

28.Disapplication of section 157 of the Mines

and Quarries Act 1954.


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PART IVMiscellaneous and General

29.Defence.

30.Exemption certificates.

31.Extension outside Great Britain.

32.Disapplication of duties.

33.Revocations and modifications


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Personal Protect ive

Equipment at WorkRegulat ions 1992

set of regulations created under theHealth and Safety at Work etc. Act

1974 which came into force in Great

Britain on 1 January 1993.The

regulations place a duty on every

employer to ensure that suitable

personal protective equipment is

provided to employees who may be

exposed to a risk to their health or

safety while at work.


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1.Citation and commencement

2.Interpretation

3.Disapplication of these Regulations

4.Provision of personal protective equipment

5.Compatibility of personal protective equipment

6.Assessment of personal protective equipment

7.Maintenance and replacement of personalprotective equipment

8.Accommodation for personal protective equipment

9.Information, instruction and training 10.Use of personal protective equipment

11.Reporting loss or defect

12.Exemption certificates

13.Extension outside Great Britain

14.Modifications, repeal and revocations directive


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The Elect ricalEquipment (Safety)

Regulat ions 1994

set of regulations created

under the Health and Safety at

Work etc. Act 1974 which came

into force in Great Britain on 1January 1993.The regulations

place a duty on every employer

to ensure that suitable personal

protective equipment is

provided to employees who

may be exposed to a risk to

their health or safety while at

work.


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1.Citation and commencement

2.Revocation, defense and consequentialamendment

3.Interpretation

4.Application

5.Requirement for electrical equipment to besafe etc.

6.Harmonised standards

7.Conformity with other standards andrequirements

8.Reports on safety etc of electrical equipment

9.CE marking

10.EC declaration of conformity

11.Internal Production Control

12.Secondhand and hired equipment 13.Compliance Notices

14.Prohibition on supply

15.Duties of enforcement authorities

16.Commencement of Proceedings

17.Regulations to be treated as safetyregulations within the meaning of the 1987 Act

18.Requirement to give information aboutelectrical equipment which does not bear the CEmarking


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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1: SPECIMEN FORM OF CE MARKINGTO BE PLACED ON OR TO ACCOMPANYELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT If the CE marking is reduced or enlarged the

proportions.

SCHEDULE 2: ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

EXCLUDED FROM THESE REGULATIONS Equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere

Equipment for radiology...

SCHEDULE 3: PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THESAFETY OBJECTIVES FOR ELECTRICALEQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR USE WITHIN

CERTAIN VOLTAGE LIMITS 1.General conditions 2.Protection against hazards arising from the

electrical equipment

3.Protection against hazards which may becaused by external influences on the electricalequipment

SCHEDULE 4: TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION 1.Technical documentation must be such as to

enable enforcement authorities...

2.The technical documentation must include:

SCHEDULE 5: COMPLIANCE NOTICE


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Machinery Direct ive


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Machinery Directive

The Machinery Directive

2006/42/EC provides the

harmonization of the essentialhealth and safety requirements

for machinery, through a

combination of mandatory health

and safety requirements andvoluntary harmonized standards.

Such directives apply only to

products that are intended to be

placed on or put into service in

the market for the first time.


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HSE Publicat ions

is a non-departmental

public body of the United

Kingdom with its

headquarters in Liverpool,

Merseyside, England. It is

the body responsible for

the encouragement,regulation and

enforcement of workplace

health, safety and welfare,

and for research intooccupational risks in

England and Wales and

Scotland.


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HSE

HSE is the national independent

watchdog for work-related health,

safety and illness. They are an independent

regulator and act in the public

interest to reduce work-related

death and serious injury across

Great workplaces.


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HSEs Work.

The HSE's work covers a varied

range of activities; from shaping

and reviewing regulations,producing research and statistics

and enforcing the law in

Legislation and Better regulation


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Bahrain Elect ricity

Regulation


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Scope

These regulations are applicable to all electrical installations in buildings

in the State of Bahrain. 102 Compliance to these regulations is compulsory and electrical

power supply shall not be made available if these regulations are notmet with in their entirety.

103 These regulations are not intended to be design or materialspecifications but are primarily related to the requirements for electricalinstallations so as to ensure safety of persons and property from hazardsarising from the use of electricity.

NOTE: Electricity Distribution Directorate publishes from time to time

standard specifications for electrical installations works. It isrecommended that all consumers make reference to the standardspecifications and require compliance to them in their contractagreements with the electrical contractors.

104 The regulations do not provide for all types of conditions butencompasses the general type of installations generally encountered.Where difficult or special situations are met with which are not coveredor allowed for in these regulations, the services of the ElectricityDistribution Directorate may be sought to obtain the best solution.

105 Various explanatory notes are added to the different regulations.These notes are not part of the regulations and have been included togive a convenient explanation of the regulations only.

106 Existing electrical installations executed in accordance with theprevious regulations and already connected to the electrical supply, shallbe exempt from the additional safety requirements stated herein.

107 These regulations are equally applicable for all electricalinstallations in caravans and prefabricated buildings.

108 Where for construction purposes or otherwise a temporary supply

is required, then the temporary electrical installations shall fulfil as aminimum with all the safety requirements and shall be to the approval ofthe Electricity Distribution Directorate in each case.

109 The section on temporary electricity supplies in construction andbuilding sites shall also be complied with.

110 This regulation do not apply to lightning protection of buildings.For guidance on protection of buildings against lightning refer to B.S.6651.

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