Work at Height Regulations 2005

3 March, 2005

New Work at Height Regulations came into force in April 2005.

The new regulations bring together all existing work at height regulation and state the minimum health and safety requirements for the use of equipment for working at height.

BSI has published a new British Standard: BS 8437:2005

Code of practice for selection, use and maintenance of personal fall protection systems and equipment for use in the workplace (ISBN 0 580 45817 2)

The full text of the Working at Height Regulations 2005 can be seen on the HMSO website