Exceptions to Guarding Requirements

The requirements of regulation 57(1) shall not apply— (a) to the extent that compliance therewith would unreasonably obstruct normal movement to, into, out of or within any building; (b) in relation to the two steps at the bottom of a stair where the landing from which the stair rises does not require guarding in accordance with that paragraph; (c) in relation to a flight within a stair with a total rise of less than 600 mm; (d) in relation to a sunken area less than 600 mm in depth; and (e) in relation to a roof or other place to which access is solely for maintenance purposes provided that either— (i) access is infrequent; or (ii) any fall would be— (aa) less than 2000 mm; or (bb) to an area which does not present a hazard.