Any PPE needed to ensure you to do your job, has to be provided free. You should not pay for your own PPE, unless you want (A custombilt package) i will report back later on this thread, Quoting, HASAW 1974.
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)
Main body
Part I Health, Safety and Welfare in connection with Work, and Control of Dangerous Substances and Certain Emissions into the Atmosphere
General duties
9.
Duty not to charge employees for things done or provided pursuant to certain specific requirements. No employer shall levy or permit to be levied on any employee of his any charge in respect of anything done or provided in pursuance of any specific requirement of the relevant statutory provisions.
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 Ss. 1–25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34–59, 80, 81 and 82 applied by S.I. 1989/840, arts. 2–10
C2 Ss. 1-59, 80-82 applied (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2127, arts. 4(1), 5(1)(2), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 10 (with art. 11