8Duties of manufacturers, designers, importers, suppliers and people who erect or install prescribed equipment

8 Duties of manufacturers, designers, importers, suppliers and people who erect or install prescribed equipment

(1) A person who designs, manufactures, imports or supplies any prescribed equipment must—

(a) ensure, so far as is practicable, that the equipment is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risks to health when properly used; and

(b) carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any testing and examination that may be necessary for the performance of the duty imposed by paragraph (a); and

(c) take any action necessary to ensure that there will be available in connection with the use of the prescribed equipment adequate information about—

(i) the use for which it is designed and has been tested; and

(ii) any conditions necessary to ensure that when put to that use it will be safe and without risks to health.

(2) A person who erects or installs any prescribed equipment must ensure, so far as is practicable, that nothing about the way in which it is erected or installed makes it unsafe or a risk to health when properly used.

(3) For the purposes of this section, prescribed equipment is not to be regarded as properly used if it is used without regard to any relevant information or advice that is available relating to its use.