159. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Regulation and to Regulation 160(2), this Chapter applies to every place of work.

F33[(2) This Chapter shall not apply to signs used for the placing on the market of hazardous substances and mixtures, products and equipment (or either of them) except to the extent that any other enactment concerning a European act makes specific reference to such signs.

(2A) In paragraph (2), ‘European act’ has the same meaning as it has in the European Communities Act 2007 (No. 18 of 2007).]

(3) Subject to Regulation 160(1)(d), this Chapter does not apply to signs used for regulating road, rail, inland waterway, sea or air transport.

(4) This Chapter is without prejudice to sections 8 to 11, 13, 14, 18 to 23 and 25 to 31 of the Act.