1. An employer shall ensure that -
a. Scaffold standards are properly propped against displacement and are secured vertically on firm foundations: Provided that putlog scaffolds shall incline slightly towards the structure;
b.
i. steel scaffold standards with 'heavy', 'medium', 'light', or 'very light', platform loadings which shall not exceed 320, 240, 160 and 80 kg/m2 respectively, are spaced not more than 1.8 m, 2 m, 2.5 m and 3 m apart, respectively; and
ii. wooden scaffold standards are spaced not more than 3 m apart;
c. ladders are spaced vertically not more than 2.1 m apart;
d. putlogs or transoms --
i. which do not support a platform, are spaced at the same distances as the distances prescribed in paragraph (b) in respect of scaffold standards.
ii. which support a platform, are spaced not more than 1.25 m apart if the platform is constructed of solid timber boards; and
e. every part of a wooden scaffold frame has a diameter of at least 75 mm or a section of similar strength.
2. No employer shall use a scaffold, or permit it to be used unless it -
a. is securely and effectively braced to ensure stability in all directions;
b. is secured at suitable vertical and horizontal distances to the structure to which work is being done, unless it is designed to be completely free-standing;
c. is so constructed that it has a throughout factor of safety of at least two; and
d. is inspected at least once a week and every time after bad weather by a person who has adequate experience in the erection and maintenance of scaffolds, and all findings are recorded in a register or report book.
3. No employer shall require or permit that -
a. a scaffold with a supporting wooden framework exceeds a height of 10 m; and
b. a scaffold is erected, altered or dismantled by or under the supervision of a person other than a person who has had the necessary training and experience of such work and who has been appointed by the employer in writing for this purpose.