Who prepares the safety and health plan and the safety file?
Under Ireland's Construction Regulations 2013, the PSCS develops the safety and health plan before construction work starts and keeps it current. Every contractor gives the PSCS what the safety file needs. The PSDP completes the file, and the client keeps it available for later work on the structure and hands it on at sale.
The plan before the work, the file after it
The plan is for the build: the PSCS develops it before construction work starts and keeps it current (reg 16; 24(1)(g)-(i)). The file is for whoever works on the structure next: every contractor feeds it (reg 21(1), 24(1)(e)), the PSDP completes it, and the client keeps it (reg 8(1)-(3), 13(b)).
| Duty | Window and section | If missed |
|---|---|---|
| Develop the safety and health plan before construction work starts, keep it adjusted as the work progresses, and bring it and its rules to the attention of every contractor | none setreg 16; 24(1)(g)-(i) | an offenceLapsed compliance |
| Give the project supervisor, in writing and promptly, the information needed to prepare the safety file | none setreg 21(1), 24(1)(e) | an offenceLapsed compliance |
| Keep the safety file available for inspection by anyone who needs it for later construction work on the structure, and hand it over when the structure is sold | none setreg 8(1)-(3), 13(b) | an offenceLapsed compliance |
What the library notes on each duty
Quoted a whole sentence at a time from the library's note on each row.
Develop the safety and health plan before construction work starts, keep it adjusted as the work progresses, and bring it and its rules to the attention of every contractor
reg 16; 24(1)(g)-(i) · none set · an offence
- Binds the project supervisor for the construction stage, who develops the preliminary plan the project supervisor for the design process prepared (reg 12) and the client provided to everyone tendering for the role (reg 9).
- The plan must include specific measures for Schedule 1 particular risks and written site rules (reg 16(d)-(f)).
- Each contractor must bring the plan's rules to its employees' attention and comply with them (reg 24(1)(g)-(i)).
- Where the project need not be notified, a plan is required only for work involving a particular risk (reg 12(2)).
- Before construction work starts, with no day count, so no window is recorded.
Give the project supervisor, in writing and promptly, the information needed to prepare the safety file
reg 21(1), 24(1)(e) · none set · an offence
- Every contractor gives the information to the project supervisor for the construction stage (reg 24(1)(e)), who coordinates it and passes it to the project supervisor for the design process, who completes the file (reg 21(1), 13).
- 'Promptly', with no day count, so no window is recorded.
Keep the safety file available for inspection by anyone who needs it for later construction work on the structure, and hand it over when the structure is sold
reg 8(1)-(3), 13(b) · none set · an offence
- Binds the client and each later owner.
- The project supervisor for the design process must deliver the file to the client promptly on completion (reg 13(b)); the client keeps it available, and delivering it to the buyer of the client's interest satisfies the duty (reg 8(2)).
- A standing duty with no end date, so no window is recorded.
Who holds these roles
The PSCS and PSDP appointments are on PSCS and PSDP.
What this page is, and is not
It is the section text this library holds for Ireland's Construction Contracts Act 2013 (Ireland) and Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 (Ireland), with the window and the consequence. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for reading the Act, the Regulations and the contract you signed.
Demiton does not yet track Irish projects. These pages set out the duties; the product does not run these checks on an Irish job today.
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