Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017
185Review of risk control measures
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185 Review of risk control measures
(1) An employer must review and, if necessary, revise any measures implemented to control risks associated with exposure to lead—
(a) before any significant change is made to the lead process or a system of work that is related to the lead process; or
(b) if an employee has been removed from lead‑risk work under regulation 199; or
(c) after any incident occurs to which Part 5 of the Act applies that involves exposure to lead; or
(d) if, for any other reason, the risk control measures do not adequately control the risks; or
(2) A health and safety representative may make a request under subregulation (1)(e) if the health and safety representative believes on reasonable grounds that—
(a) any of the circumstances referred to in subregulation (1)(a) to (d) exist; or
(ii) to take account of any of the circumstances referred to in subregulation (1)(a) to (d) in conducting a review of, or revising, the risk control measures.