Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact·Page 6
Workplace Regulations applicability 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 in these areas. Part H requirements may still apply to satisfy the Workplace Regulations even where Building Regulations do not otherwise apply to dwellings.
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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