The Work at Height (WAH) Regulations were introduced in Great Britain on 6 April 2005.
Category: Legislation
Forthcoming health and safety regulations in 2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is committed to helping business and other stakeholders adapt to
Incident investigation
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
General guidance on how HSE selects incidents for investigation under breaches of
Better regulation portal launched
Thursday, December 21, 2006
To highlight all of HSE’s regulation related websites, the better regulation portal has been launched.
Euronews December 2006 edition
Friday, December 15, 2006
Providing details on legislative proposals from the European Commission that
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
This is a brief guide for safety representatives on asbestos and the new Control of
Statement from Health and Safety Executive
Friday, December 8, 2006
Michael Wills, MP for North Swindon, on 6 December 2006 secured an adjournment debate
CDM 07 - Will it fix it?
Thursday, November 30, 2006
North West Safety Initiative construction health and safety seminar 2007. This seminar will introduce the
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 came into force on 13 November 2006 (Asbestos Regulations
Diving at Work Regulations 1997
Thursday, November 9, 2006
List of Approved Classes of Medical Practitioners. This document contains regulatory requirements; it is
Globally harmonised system for chemicals
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
All over the world there are presently different laws that control how the hazardous
Revised asbestos regulations
Friday, October 27, 2006
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, which were laid in Parliament today, will come
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (2003/18/EC)
Friday, October 27, 2006
Cabinet Office (CO) procedures require a memorandum to accompany any primary
HSC approves CDM Regulations
Monday, October 23, 2006
This week, the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) met and approved the proposed revised Construction
Importance of nuclear industry safety - Sellafield sentencing
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
British Nuclear Group Sellafield Limited was today fined £500,000 plus costs of over
Health and safety legislation website
Thursday, October 12, 2006
The aim of this site is to raise awareness of the range of health and safety legislation that applies to
HSC/E Simplification plan 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This simplification plan draws together a number of strands of HSE’s commitment to
HSE launches REACH helpdesk - E101:06
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), from today, will be providing a helpdesk to support UK business in the run-up to the Registration,
New fire legislation in force
Monday, October 9, 2006
On 1 October 2006 two new pieces of legislation came into force - the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) and the Fire
New Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Revisions to the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations (1994) (CDM 94) are expected to come in to force in April 2007. This new section of our construction website provides information supporting the construction industry in advance of the new legislation.
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