Confined Spaces

Contents 

Contents  

i 

Foreword 

iv 

Amendments   

vi 

General 

Policy 

Confined 

Space 

Working 

       vii

Section 1 Introduction   

1

1.1  General   

1 

1.2  Application of the Safety Rules and Procedures 

1 

1.3  Definitions 

2 

1.4 

Associated 

Publications 

          2 

1.5  Allocation of responsibility between the Ministry of Defence and Others 

3 

Section 2 Roles and Duties   

5 

2.1  Commanding Officers or Heads of Establishment   

5 

2.2 

Co ordinating 

Authorising 

Engineers 

       6 

2.3 

Authorising 

Engineers 

          6 

2.4 

Co ordinating 

Authorised 

Persons 

        8 

2.5 

Authorised 

Persons 

           9 

2.6 

Persons 

in 

Charge 

           10 

2.7  Work Team 

10 

Section 

3 

Operational 

Appointments 

        13

3.1  General   

13 

3.2 

Co ordinating 

Authorising 

Engineers 

       13 

3.3 

Authorising 

Engineers 

          13 

3.4  Conditions of Appointment of Authorising 

Engineers 

    14 

3.5 

Co ordinating 

Authorised 

Persons 

        15 

3.6 

Authorised 

Persons 

           16 

3.7 

Persons 

in 

Charge 

           18 

3.8  Work Team 

19 

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