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KD-RA-EX-001
Work Within Root Protection Areas
Installing, maintaining and removing tree protection barriers and ground protection around retained trees, and carrying out permitted work inside a root…
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Statutory basis, cited on the form
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 s.1
- Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 reg 43
- PUWER 1998
- COSHH 2002
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- HSWA 1974 s.2(2)(a)
- MHSWR 1999 regs 3 and 5
- CDM 2015 regs 13 and 15
Guidance and standards relied on
These are not law. HSE guidance carries no statutory force in itself, British Standards and NASC technical guidance are industry documents, and the Joint Code of Practice is an insurers' code. They are what the document is built to — and where a court would look for the standard of the reasonable contractor.
What it is not
It is not a completed document and it is not health and safety advice. You must adapt it to your site and have a competent person complete and sign it off. See why we don't say "compliant".
Format
AcroForm fillable PDF. Every field has a tooltip. Tab order follows the reading order. Works on desktop and mobile, in Adobe and non-Adobe readers.
This revision was prepared against legislation current at 10 August 2026. Revision A0. Check kubitdocs.com/revisions for the current revision before use.
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