Section 218 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Further provisions relating to regulations

218 Further provisions relating to regulations (1) Regulations made under this Act may— (a) impose similar or additional duties on a person in relation to the same circumstances or matters as this Act does: (b) be of general or limited application: (c) differ according to differences in time, place, or circumstance, or any other basis: (d) impose prohibitions: (e) apply differently to people of a differing age or health status, and may apply only to people of a particular age or health status: (f) apply differently to different classes of person, workplace, plant, structure, substance, or kind of risk: (g) prescribe, set, or provide for any thing by reference to any methodology, value, or similar tool (however described) or by reference to controls in other Acts, regulations, or instruments. (2) Regulations made under this Act are not invalid merely because they confer any discretion on, or allow any matter to be determined or approved by, any person. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 22