S.L. 646.27 Art. 2Interpretation. 

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act;

"the Authority" means the Occupational Health and Safety Authority established by article 4 of the Act;

"client" means any natural or legal person for whom a project is carried out;

"client representative" means any natural or legal person appointed by and responsible for the design and/or execution and, or supervision of the execution of a project, on behalf of the client, and to carry out the duties specified in these regulations; who shall fully assume responsibility and appear for the client;

"competent person" means a person possessing adequate AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK AT 646.27 CONSTRUCTION SITES)

qualifications and minimum accreditations in terms of law or administrative instruments, suitable training and sufficient knowledge, experience and skill for the safe performance of the specific task or work required, and who provides advice with regard to the health and safety at work preventive and protective measures required to be taken, and whose name appears in the competent person register administered or otherwise delegated by the Authority in relation to such matters which are regulated by the Authority;

"construction site" means any construction site at which building or civil engineering works are carried out, a non-exhaustive list of which is provided for in Schedule I;

"contractor" means a contractor, a sub-contractor, or employer whose workers undertake, carry out or manage construction work, including but not limited to the supply of materials and, or labour to carry out such work. A contractor shall also include a self-employed person unless expressly otherwise specified;

"domestic client" means a client for whom a project is being carried out which is not in the course or in furtherance of the business of such client and is a person carrying out minor works in a premises belonging to him or in premises lawfully occupied by him;

"duty holder" means a person upon whom a duty is imposed by virtue of these regulations, and shall include a client, a client representative, a project supervisor for health and safety matters, an employer, a contractor, a self-employed person and a worker, as the case may be;

"EEA" means the members of the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein;

"health and safety file" means a file containing relevant health and safety information to be taken into account during any subsequent works;

"health and safety plan" means a document establishing the rules and information applicable to the construction site and the specific measures concerning work which falls within one or more categories of Schedule II;

"project" means any development which includes or is intended to include any construction work from commencement until completion of construction including finishing works;

"project supervisor for health and safety matters" means any natural or legal person appointed by the client or the client’s representative as the case may be, to carry out the duties and exercise the powers specified in these regulations throughout the project and whose name appears in the register for competent persons administered or otherwise delegated by the Authority;

"scaffold" or "scaffolding" means any temporary structure on, or from which persons may perform work in connection with an activity to which these regulations apply, and any temporary structure which enables persons to obtain access to, or which enables materials to be taken to any place at which such work is performed, and includes any working platform, gangway, plank, ladder or step-ladder (other than an independent ladder or step-ladder which does not form part of such a structure) together with any guard-rail, toe-board or other safeguards and all accessories, but shall not include a lifting appliance or a structure used only to support such an appliance or to support other machinery or plant;

"self-employed person" means any person, other than a person in employment, traineeship or apprenticeship of a contractor, whose professional activity contributes to the completion of the entire project.

Duties of client