20/02/2026
Latest update from the Health and Safety Inspectorate
​Construction: A decade of the Health and Safety (Management in Construction) (Jersey) Regulations 2016
21 February 2026
​​​The Health and Safety (Management in Construction) (Jersey) Regulations 2016​ came into force on 1 October 2016 replacing the Construction (Safety Provisions) (Jersey) Regulations 1970.
They have been and remain the primary framework to enable dutyholders to manage health, safety, and welfare in Jersey construction projects. They apply to all projects and require duty holders (clients, designers, project co-ordinators, contractors, and others working on a project) to appropriately plan, co-ordinate and manage risks from conception to completion.
However, despite the legislation and accompanying guidance document having been in force for nearly a decade, the HSI is still finding poor standards on construction sites and, in the case of some dutyholders, on a repeated basis.
This calendar year alone, the HSI has taken enforcement action on the following areas subject of this legislation:
failures in Clients to ensure that suitable arrangements are in place for the management of health, safety, and welfare during the project
failures in Clients to provide relevant pre-construction information to designers and contractors
failures in Clients to appoint competent Health and Safety Project Co-ordinators (HSPCs)
failures in HSPCs to notify the HSI of a construction project and to collect relevant pre-construction information and to compile a health and safety file
failures in Principal Contractors and sub-contractors to plan, manage and monitor the construction phase of projects and their own workers in liaison with other contractors, to produce Construction Phase Plans and safe work method statements for high-risk work activities, and to appropriately control risks related to matters such as work at height, excavations, exposures to harmful construction dusts
failures to get worker welfare facilities right
failure to get site security and signage right to enhance public protection
The purpose of the Regulations and accompanying guidance is to ensure dutyholders clearly understand, plan for, manage, eliminate or mitigate the health and safety risks associated with construction projects. As ever, the duty sits with them to put appropriate arrangements in place in line with their roles and responsibilities to achieve this.
Since the introduction of the Regulations in 2016, the health and safety landscape in Jersey has developed considerably, with dedicated consultancies, training providers, industry forums, and occupational health providers starting up to provide support services to dutyholders in their management of health and safety risk. Added to this is the range of work undertaken by HSI to support and embed the legislation and guidance.
Therefore, as we get closer to the 10-year anniversary of this legislation, it is important that dutyholders get their arrangements right utilising the range of resources available on island, so that all projects, the workers enabling them, and the public affected by them, can continue to lead safe and healthy lives.
https://www.gov.je/Government/Departments/JusticeHomeAffairs/HealthSafetyInspectorate/Updates/Pages/DecadeOfConstructionRegulations.aspx
