SCHEDULE 3REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKING PLATFORMS

PART 1REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL WORKING PLATFORMS

Stability of working platforms4

A working platform shall—

a

be suitable and of sufficient strength and rigidity for the purpose or purposes for which it is intended to be used or is being used;

b

be so erected and used as to ensure that its components do not become accidentally displaced so as to endanger any person;

c

when altered or modified, be so altered or modified as to ensure that it remains stable; and

d

be dismantled in such a way as to prevent accidental displacement.