A homeowner with an owner-builder's permit whose involvement on a building site is limited to introducing successive trades, occasional labouring, and minor criticisms about materials does not 'carry out construction work' within the meaning of Regulation 73 of the Construction Safety Regulations 1950, and is not liable under that regulation for failure to erect safety rails. An occupier who engages an experienced independent contractor is not under a duty of care to warn of or guard against dangers that tradesmen of that class are accustomed to meeting and safeguarding themselves against.
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