LRD guides and handbook October 2024

Health and Safety Law 2024

For someone to have the obligation to maintain equipment, it must normally be within their power to be able to do so without obtaining someone else’s consent (Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181). PUWER also contains specific requirements regarding: dangerous parts of machinery; protection against particular hazards; high or low temperatures; control systems and devices; isolation from sources of energy; stability; lighting; maintenance operations; and markings and warnings.