An overview of the Regulations

CDM Regulation 1 provides:

The Regulations give complete effect to Council Directive 92/57/EEC on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (the Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive). The Regulations are organised into five parts:

All the parts apply to all projects that include construction work.

The Regulations apply throughout Great Britain as provided for in regulation 3:

Article 11(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013 applies to the following activities, or preparation for such activities, within the territorial sea, which has the meaning given to it in the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (as amended): construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, cleaning, demolition and dismantling of any building or other structure not being a vessel.