- (ii) access to any relevant safety data sheet; and
- (iii) legislative provisions (concerning the hazardous properties of any such substance) which apply to the substance; and
- (b) the significant findings of the risk assessment.
(4) The information required by paragraph (3) must be—
- (a) adapted to take account of significant changes in the activity carried out or methods or work used by the responsible person; and
- (b) provided in a manner appropriate to the risk identified by the risk assessment.
Provision of information to employers and the self-employed from outside undertakings
20.—(1) The responsible person must ensure that the employer of any employees from an outside undertaking who are working in or on the premises is provided with comprehensible and relevant information on—
- (a) the risks to those employees; and
- (b) the preventive and protective measures taken by the responsible person.
(2) The responsible person must ensure that any person working in his undertaking who is not his employee is provided with appropriate instructions and comprehensible and relevant information regarding any risks to that person.
(3) The responsible person must—
- (a) ensure that the employer of any employees from an outside undertaking who are working in or on the premises is provided with sufficient information to enable that employer to identify any person nominated by the responsible person in accordance with article 15 (1)(b) to implement evacuation procedures as far as those employees are concerned; and
- (b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that any person from an outside undertaking who is working in or on the premises receives sufficient information to enable that person to identify any person nominated by the responsible person in accordance with article 15 (1)(b) to implement evacuation procedures as far as they are concerned.
Training
21.—(1) The responsible person must ensure that his employees are provided with adequate safety training—
- (a) at the time when they are first employed; and
- (b) on their being exposed to new or increased risks because of—
- (i) their being transferred or given a change of responsibilities within the responsible person’s undertaking;
- (ii) the introduction of new work equipment into, or a change respecting work equipment already in use within, the responsible person’s undertaking;
- (iii) the introduction of new technology into the responsible person’s undertaking; or
- (iv) the introduction of a new system of work into, or a change respecting a system of work already in use within, the responsible person’s undertaking.
(2) The training referred to in paragraph (1) must—
- (a) include suitable and sufficient instruction and training on the appropriate precautions and actions to be taken by the employee in order to safeguard himself and other relevant persons on the premises;
- (b) be repeated periodically where appropriate;
- (c) be adapted to take account of any new or changed risks to the safety of the employees concerned;
- (d) be provided in a manner appropriate to the risk identified by the risk assessment; and
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