_Regulation · Operational restriction_ # UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots Canonical ID: `98a20056-bc34-47be-a86a-42b342bc5eec` - **Jurisdiction:** [United Kingdom](/locations/united-kingdom.md) (id: `84e0a0ff-62f3-4522-b9c6-30c1ed454ad2`) - **Kind:** `operational_restriction` - **Status (derived):** in_effect - **Effective:** 1999-12-29 SI 1999/3242 came into force on 29 December 1999. Regulation 3 requires every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to employees at work and to persons not in its employment arising from its undertaking, to identify the measures needed to comply with health and safety law; the self-employed have a matching duty. HSE's June 2026 statement on AI says uses of AI that affect workplace health and safety require a risk assessment and controls reducing risk so far as reasonably practicable, including cyber security threats. Status: in force (England, Wales and Scotland). Applicability: deploying a humanoid, AMR or cobot in a GB workplace, or a robot operating where members of the public are present, requires a documented risk assessment covering the robot's hazards. Verified on 2026-10-26. ## Sources (3) 1. **HSE's regulatory approach to artificial intelligence (AI)** · https://press.hse.gov.uk/2026/06/12/hses-regulatory-approach-to-artificial-intelligence-ai/ · 2026-06-12 2. **The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment** · https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/regulation/3 3. **The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 1: citation and commencement** · https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/regulation/1/made ## Common questions ### What does UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots cover? SI 1999/3242 came into force on 29 December 1999. Regulation 3 requires every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to employees at work and to persons not in its employment arising from its undertaking, to identify the measures needed to comply with health and safety law; the self-employed have a matching duty. HSE's June 2026 statement on AI says uses of AI that affect workplace health and safety require a risk assessment and controls reducing risk so far as reasonably practicable, including cyber security threats. Status: in force (England, Wales and [Scotland](/locations/scotland-united-kingdom.md)). Applicability: deploying a humanoid, [AMR](/glossary/amr.md) or [cobot](/glossary/cobot.md) in a GB workplace, or a robot operating where members of the public are present, requires a documented risk assessment covering the robot's hazards. Verified on 2026-10-26. ### Where does UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots apply? UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots is recorded as a operational_restriction applying in [United Kingdom](/locations/united-kingdom.md) on the DEPLOY registry. ### When did UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots take effect? UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots is recorded as effective December 29, 1999 on the DEPLOY registry. ### Is UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots still in effect? UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction. ### What types of robots does UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots apply to? UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots is recorded as applying to humanoid robots, quadruped robots, service robots and 3 other form factors on the DEPLOY registry. ### Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots? 8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of UK Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3: risk assessment duty for workplace robots: [10Beauty Manicure System](/models/10beauty-manicure.md), [3D Tissue Braiding Platform](/models/tissue-braiding-platform.md), [4NE-1](/models/neura-4ne-1.md), [7 Series DPO Oscilloscope](/models/tektronix-7-series-dpo.md) and 4 others. 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