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Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013 · reg 13
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Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013 · reg 13
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It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to ensure that every staircase in the workplace or every staircase which affords a means of exit from the workplace shall be provided and maintained with a substantial handrail and lower rail or other barrier to prevent any person falling, which —
if the staircase has an open side, shall be on that side; or
if the staircase has 2 open sides, shall be on both sides.