Work at Height Regulations were made and laid before parliament on the 16 March 2005. They came into force on the 6 April. The Statutory Instrument Number is 2005 No735.

A press release which outlines the duties of the regulations and summarises a series of key messages about the regulations is at the link below. A copy of the regulations should be available free to download from the HMSO website in due course (HMSO can also provide priced copies). The regulations are now available, this link should take you straight to the relevant PDF file.

Press Release
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2005/c05008.htm

Regulations a Brief Guide
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf

Regulations - Full Version
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050735.htm