S.L. 646.8 Art. 20Workplace dimensions.

(1) The employer shall ensure that all parts of a workplace and the place itself where work is carried out are of sufficient dimensions and suitable design and have sufficient surface area, height and air space to allow workers and others to perform their work without risks to safety, health or well-being: Provided that the dimensions shall be considered sufficient if the free unoccupied space at the workstation is calculated so as to allow workers sufficient freedom of movement to perform their work, and if this is not possible for reasons specific to the workplace, the worker must be provided with sufficient freedom of movement to perform their work.

(2) For the purposes of this reguIation, and without prejudice to the aforesaid, the dimensions shall be deemed sufficient if they comply with the requirements of the Second Schedule.