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  2. Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - Wikipedia

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    The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) (HSWA 1974, HASWA or HASAWA) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that as of 2011 defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom.

  3. Health and safety regulations in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [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 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 ...

  4. List of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom, 1974

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    Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1974 (SI 1974/1439) Industrial Training (Transfer of the Activities of Establishments) (No. 2) Order 1974 (SI 1974/1495) Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/1533)

  5. Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 - Wikipedia

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    Text of the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 are a set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 6 July 2005. [ 1 ]

  6. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

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    The regulations stated that all lifts provided for use with work activities should be thoroughly examined by a 'competent person' at regular intervals. [6] Regulation 9 of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations requires all employers to have their equipment thoroughly examined prior to it being put into service and after there ...

  7. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

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    The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, a United Kingdom statutory instrument, stipulate general requirements on accommodation standards for nearly all workplaces. The regulations implemented European Union directive 89/654/EEC on minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace and repealed and superseded much of ...

  8. Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

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    The regulations however do not apply where requirements for PPE are detailed in other regulations, these include the: Control of lead at Work Regulations 2002, Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999; Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006; Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002; Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989

  9. Flixborough disaster - Wikipedia

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    For most 'notifiable installations' no further explicit controls should be needed; HSE could advise and if need be enforce improvements under the general powers given it by the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA), but for a very few sites explicit licensing by HSE might be appropriate; [y] responsibility for safety of the installation ...