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Health and Safety: Regulation changes

8th January 1998, Page 40
8th January 1998
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Fire safety The Home Office has published a consultation paper proposing a simpler fire safety regime. It will consolidate existing fire safety legislation (contained in more than 60 different Acts) into one Act Uncle: the new proposals: • Employers will have a duty of care for fire safety, requiring them to provide and maintain adequate fire precautions; • Fire authorities will have a duty to undergo community fire safety activities and be responsible for checking fire safety; • Risk assessments of higher risk premises will have to be validated by the fire authority (replacing the fire certification system).

For copies of the consultation paper contact 0181 867 3234, Responses to the proposals are required by the end of February 1998.

Asthma risk assessment The Health and Safety Executive has published a loose-leaf guide of critical appraisals which assess the ability of substances to induce asthma. The publication is intended to help those carrying out risk assessments. "Asthmagen—critical assessments of the evidence for agents implicated in occupational asthma" costs £25 (including updates until October 1999), from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk C010 6FS. Contact 01787 881165.

Health and safety fees New Regulations*, which replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1996 came into force on 18 November 1997. They list fees payable to the Health and Safety Executive for various licence and approval applications and notifications.

Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No 2505) is available from The Stationery Office, priced £4.15.

Safety in construction

The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) has made a number of proposals for further action aimed at improving health and safety in the construction industry These include: • Encouraging companies, including those in the public sector, to expect good H&S practices on sites; • Making H&S an integral part of good construction management • Incorporating H&S in the training of architects, designers, engineers and surveyors; • Examining statistics to clarify high risk areas (including transport); • Better H&S training for site workers; • And effective regulation.

EISC annual report The Health and Safety Commission (BSC) has published its 1996/97 Annual Report and Statistics.

A copy of the report, priced £16.50, is available from HSE, contact 01787 881165.


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