52. Personal protective equipment

(1)

Where any work is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour which requires any protection referred to in paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of —

(a)

the employer of any person who carries out the work; or

(b)

the principal under whose direction any person carries out the work,to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, personal protective equipment to the persons.

(2)

The protection referred to in paragraph (1) is as follows:

(a)

eye protection;

(b)

fall protection;

(c)

foot protection;

(d)

hand protection;

(e)

head protection;

(f)

hearing protection; and

(g)

respiratory protection.

Subregulation 1