Provision of information to employees

19.—(1) The responsible person must provide his employees with comprehensible and relevant information on—

(a)the risks to them identified by the risk assessment;
(b)the preventive and protective measures;
(c)the procedures and the measures referred to in article 15(1)(a);
(d)the identities of those persons nominated by him in accordance with article 13(3)(b) or appointed in accordance with article 15(1)(b) ; and
(e)the risks notified to him in accordance with article 22(1)(c).
(2) The responsible person must, before employing a child, provide a parent of the child with comprehensible and relevant information on—

(a)the risks to that child identified by the risk assessment;
(b)the preventive and protective measures; and
(c)the risks notified to him in accordance with article 22(1)(c),
and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent of the child” includes a person who has parental responsibility, within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989(1), for the child.

(3) Where a dangerous substance is present in or on the premises, the responsible person must, in addition to the information provided under paragraph (1) provide his employees with —

(a)the details of any such substance including—
(i)the name of the substance and the risk which it presents;
(ii)access to any relevant safety data sheet; and
(iii)legislative provisions (concerning the hazardous properties of any such substance) which apply to the substance; and
(b)the significant findings of the risk assessment.
(4) The information required by paragraph (3) must be—

(a)adapted to take account of significant changes in the activity carried out or methods or work used by the responsible person; and
(b)provided in a manner appropriate to the risk identified by the risk assessment.