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Scaffolds and work platforms erected on cantilever or jib supports

Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011

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—(1) It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (4) are complied with.(2) A scaffold in a workplace that is erected on cantilever or jib supports shall be adequately supported, fixed and anchored on the supports to prevent displacement.(3) The cantilever or jib supports used to support the scaffold shall —(a)have outriggers of adequate length and cross section; and(b)be constructed in accordance with the design and drawings of a professional engineer.(4) Where a work platform in a workplace rests on bearers that let into a wall at one end and it does not have other support, the bearers shall —(a)pass through the wall;(b)be of adequate strength; and(c)be securely fastened on the other side of the wall.(5) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 53, “cantilever or jib support” includes any structure, including a bracket or beam, that projects beyond a fulcrum or point of attachment and that is not supported directly from the ground or floor below.

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