A property owner who employs a building maintenance manager and engages independent contractors for discrete maintenance tasks is not thereby 'carrying out' construction work under Regulation 73 of the Construction Safety Regulations 1950, unless there is evidence of a wider building project of which the particular work forms part. Providing access to a site and directing a contractor to measure for a quotation does not make the owner 'in charge of' the construction work under Regulation 74. The risk of an experienced tradesman falling from a kliplok roof while measuring it may be too small to require the provision of fencing, planks, or safety harnesses by the occupier.
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