Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The regulations apply to any employer or self-employed worker who uses equipment at work [2] but not equipment used by the public which comes under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. PUWER covers all work equipment from office furniture through to complex machinery and company cars and is also applicable if a company allows a worker to use ...
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) are set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 5 December 1998 [1] and replaced a number of other pieces of legislation which previously covered the use of lifting equipment.
Breach of the health and safety regulations is a crime throughout the UK. In England and Wales contravention is punishable on summary conviction or on indictment with an unlimited fine. [ 4 ] Both individuals and corporations can be punished, [ 5 ] and sentencing practice is published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council .
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The regulations implemented European Union directive 89/654/EEC on minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace and repealed and superseded much of the Factories Act 1961 and Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. [2] Since 31 December 1995, all new and existing workplaces have had to comply with these regulations. [3]
Supply of drinking water; Washing facilities; Accommodation for clothing; and; Sitting facilities. These provisions were repealed and superseded, as far as they applied to "workplaces", by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 [11] with effect from 1 January 1993 for new workplaces and 1 January 1996 for established ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Education (Supply of Student Support Information to Governing Bodies) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/141) Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. 2006/142 ) Duty Stamps (Amendment of paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2A to the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979) Order 2006 ( S.I. 2006/144 )