UK Racking Regulations — The Full Legal Stack
There is no single ‘racking law’ in the UK. Compliance comes from a stack of overlapping legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice. Here's the full picture.
Primary legislation
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 — the over-arching duty.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 — risk assessment and competent persons.
Equipment regulations
PUWER 1998 (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations) — racking is work equipment, must be suitable, maintained and inspected.
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 — floors, traffic routes, lighting.
Technical standards & codes
BS EN 15635:2008 — application and maintenance of storage equipment.
BS EN 15512 — design of static steel storage systems.
SEMA Code of Practice for the use of static pallet racking.
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