Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact·Page 6
Workplace Regulations Application to Common Parts of Flats
The Workplace Regulations apply to common parts of flats and similar buildings where people such as cleaners, wardens and caretakers are employed to work. Building Regulations requirements under Part H may still apply to these areas even where they would not apply to dwellings themselves.
The Workplace Regulations apply to the common parts of flats and similar buildings if people such as cleaners, wardens and caretakers are employed to work in these common parts. Where the requirements of the Building Regulations that are covered by Part H do not apply to dwellings, the provisions may still be required in the situations described above in order to satisfy the Workplace Regulations.
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