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Health and safety legislation in the UK is drawn up and enforced by the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA or HSWA). [1] [2] HASAWA introduced (section 2) a general duty on an employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work ...
Section 10 created two bodies corporate, the Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive, who performed their respective functions on behalf of the Crown (section 10 and Schedule 2). The bodies had wide powers to further their objectives by all means other than borrowing money (ss.11(6), 13). On 1 April 2008, the two bodies ...
[153] [154] HASAWA introduced (section 2) a general duty on an employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees, with the intention of giving a legal framework supporting codes of practice not in themselves having legal force but establishing a strong presumption as to what was ...
Import is prohibited into the UK, other than from another EU member state or member of the European Economic Area, of (reg.4(2)): 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, 4-aminodiphenyl, 4-nitrodiphenyl, their salts and any substance containing any of those compounds in a total concentration equal to or greater than 0.1% by mass; Matches made with white ...
2 December 1992: Commencement: 1 January 1993: Other legislation; Made under: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974: Text of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...
Breach of the regulations by an employer, controller of work premises or occupier of a factory is a crime, punishable on summary conviction or on indictment with an unlimited fine. [4] Either an individual or a corporation can be punished [ 5 ] and sentencing practice is published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council . [ 6 ]
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