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The regulations reenacted, with amendments, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Work Regulations 1999 and implement several European Union directives. [2] [3] Breach of the regulations by an employer or employee is a crime, punishable on summary conviction or on indictment by an unlimited fine.
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 .
The Control of Asbestos Regulations were introduced in the UK in November 2006 and were an amalgamation of three previous sets of legislation (Asbestos Prohibition, Asbestos Licensing and the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations) aimed at minimising the use and disturbance of asbestos containing materials within British workplaces ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...
This is a geographically sorted list of national and subnational government agencies focusing on occupational safety and health. Subnational agencies are indented and listed after the corresponding national agencies.
On 9 June 2009 a company in Swansea, Val Inco Europe Ltd, pleaded guilty to four charges under the Control of Asbestos Regulations and were fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £28,000 costs. The charges were in relation to work carried out by a contractor, A-Weld, on a furnace at the companies premises. [ 5 ]
The following is a list of regulators in the UK. Regulators exercise regulatory or supervisory authority over a variety of endeavours. In addition, local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional associations also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and ...