S.L. 424.17 Art. 2Scope.

(1) The scope of these regulations is to establish minimum occupational health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads, in particular where there is a risk of back injury to workers.

(2) Nothing in these regulations shall debar the Authority from issuing any order to any employer or to any employee in any workplace if in the opinion of an officer of the Authority there is a risk of injury during any operation involving the manual handling of loads.