Legal Catalogue

Conditional applicability prompts per assessment

Legal source links checked 03 November 2026. Confirm the latest consolidated version and applicability before issuing an assessment.

Screening prompts are prompts only — the app never decides legal applicability and nothing here indicates compliance. No article or clause numbers are given.

OHS framework

Cap. 646Health and Safety at Work Act
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Framework duties of employers, workers and other duty holders — screen for every assessment.

OHS subsidiary legislation (Chapter 646)

S.L. 646.01Work Places (Extension of Definition) Order
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen whether the setting falls within the extended workplace definition.
S.L. 646.02Dock Safety Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen dock, port, vessel loading or dockside work.
S.L. 646.03Work Places (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen workplace conditions, welfare facilities and work environment.
S.L. 646.04Protection of Young Persons at Workplaces Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen work by or involving young persons.
S.L. 646.05Protection of Maternity at Workplaces Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen pregnancy, recent childbirth and breastfeeding — handle sensitive information on a restricted basis.
S.L. 646.06Work Place (First Aid) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen first-aid arrangements, trained personnel, equipment and site coverage.
S.L. 646.07Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for Work with Display Screen Equipment Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen habitual display-screen work and workstations.
S.L. 646.08Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen general workplace minimum requirements, emergency and environmental conditions.
S.L. 646.09Work Place (Provision of Health and/or Safety Signs) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen hazards requiring safety signs or signals.
S.L. 646.10Protection against Risks of Back Injury at Workplaces Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen manual handling and back-injury exposure.
S.L. 646.11General Provisions for Health and Safety at Workplaces Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen general risk assessment, prevention, review and worker-information duties.
S.L. 646.12Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen threshold substances, covered establishments and process hazards.
S.L. 646.13Minimum Requirements for the Use of Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen PPE selection, compatibility, maintenance and training.
S.L. 646.14Protection of Workers from the Risks related to Exposure to Carcinogens, Mutagens or Reprotoxic Substances at Work Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen relevant substances/processes; an exposure assessment is required where relevant.
S.L. 646.15Protection of Workers from the Risks related to Exposure to Asbestos at Work Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen building age, asbestos survey and potential disturbance.
S.L. 646.16Protection of the Health and Safety of Workers from the Risks related to Chemical Agents at Work Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen substance inventory, SDS and exposure routes.
S.L. 646.17Protection of Workers from Risks related to Exposure to Biological Agents at Work Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen foreseeable biological exposure tasks.
S.L. 646.18Protection of Workers in the Mineral Extracting Industries through Drilling and Workers in Surface and Underground Mineral Extracting Industries Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen drilling, extraction and mineral processing.
S.L. 646.19Work Place (Minimum Requirements for Work) (Confined Spaces and Spaces having Explosive Atmospheres) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen confined-space entry, explosive atmospheres, permits and rescue.
S.L. 646.20Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of Workers from Risks resulting from Exposure to Noise) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen noise exposure and controls.
S.L. 646.21Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of Workers from Risks resulting from Exposure to Vibration) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen hand-arm and whole-body vibration.
S.L. 646.22Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of Workers from Risks resulting from Exposure to Artificial Optical Radiation) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen welding, laser, UV and other artificial optical radiation.
S.L. 646.23Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of Workers from Risks resulting from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen EMF sources and relevant worker considerations.
S.L. 646.24Work Equipment (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen work equipment, plant, lifting equipment, inspection, guarding and training.
S.L. 646.25Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for Work at Construction Sites) Regulations
Status: RepealedSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Historical only — do not use for current work. For current construction-site work screen S.L. 646.27.
Repealed by L.N. 52 of 2025. Retained as historical only — use S.L. 646.27 for current construction-site work.
S.L. 646.26Health and Safety at Work (Procedures in Relation to the Issuance of Administrative Penalties) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityEnforcement / procedure — not a hazard controlOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Enforcement / procedure context — not a hazard-control rule.
S.L. 646.27Health and Safety at Work (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for Work at Construction Sites) Regulations
Status: In forceSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen construction-specific duties for any current construction-site work.
Current construction-site instrument: L.N. 52 of 2025 as amended by L.N. 109 of 2026 (latest consolidated text).
S.L. 646.28Health and Safety at Work (Administrative Penalties and Compromise Fines Publication) Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityEnforcement / procedure — not a hazard controlOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Enforcement / publication context — not a hazard-control rule.

Building / project compliance (separate from OHS controls)

Cap. 623Building and Construction Authority Act
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen only if the project involves BCA permits, method statements or site registration.
Project / product compliance — not an occupational hazard control.

Lifts / product compliance (separate from OHS controls)

S.L. 427.37Lifts Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen only if lifts are installed, modified or placed into service as part of the works.
Project / product compliance — not an occupational hazard control.
S.L. 427.63Inspection of Lifts Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen only if lift inspection arrangements fall within the scope of the works.
Project / product compliance — not an occupational hazard control.
S.L. 427.72Regularisation of non-CE Marked Lifts Regulations
Status: Check ELI statusSeed data — verify applicabilityOfficial source (Legislation Malta)
Screening prompt: Screen only if existing non-CE marked lifts are involved.
Project / product compliance — not an occupational hazard control.