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The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996

Provisions the documents cite: reg 4 — safety signs provided where a risk cannot be avoided or adequately controlled; schedule 1 sign types and colours

What it requires

The Regulations that require safety signs to be of the prescribed type and colour. The checklists require installed safety signs to match the schedule and the prescribed colours.

The instrument itself: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/341. The summary above is our plain-English reading, not the text of the instrument — always work from the source.

How this entry is kept current

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  • Source last checked by the automated scan: 2026-09-01.

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The 12 documents that cite it

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