Approved Code of Practice ACOP

Approved codes of practice (ACOPs) Legislation in the United Kingdom dealing with the safety aspects of dangerous materials. 

The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (MSER) and Approved Codes of Practice (ACoP) were issued by the Health and Safety Commission, and came into effect on 26 April 2005, having largely replaced the Explosives Acts 1875 and 1923. 

Outside this scope, a diving operation is likely to be covered under the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) covering Commercial Diving Projects Offshore. 

As a result of the COSHH regulations there is a legal duty to control substances that are hazardous to health. The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) associated with these regulations sets out in order the methods that should be used to achieve adequate control. Extract and dilution ventilation are two of the methods mentioned. These regulations also require the measurement of the performance of any ventilation systems that control substances that are hazardous to health. The places where measurements are required to be taken are listed in para. 61 of the ACOP. 

This Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) applies to work with asbestos which does not normally require an HSE licence. It applies to work on or which disturbs building materials containing asbestos asbestos sampling laboratory analysis and to the limited, permitted remaining work with asbestos during manufacturing. 

Many of the requirements introduced by the amending Directive are already contained within the current Asbestos Regulations or in the associated Approved Codes of Practice (ACoPs). However, there still remains the need to introduce a number of significant changes that include ... 

These sections cover the provision of practical guidance by the HSC on health and safety regulations in the form of Approved Codes of Practice (ACoPs) and the use of ACoPs in criminal proceedings. 

The HSC is empowered to approve and issue Codes of Practice for the pxu-pose of providing guidance on health and safety duties and other matters laid down in statute or Regulations. A Code of Practice can be drawn up by the Commission or the Health and Safety Executive. In every case, however, the relevant government department, or other body, must be consulted beforehand and approval of the Secretary of State must be obtained. Any Code of Practice approved in this way is an Approved Code of Practice (ACOP). 

The principal health and safety legislation in the UK is the Health and Safety at Work, etc.. Act 1974 (HSWA). This sets out in general terms the health and safety duties of employers, employees, and manufacturers, supphers and designers of articles for use at work. Health and safety regulations under the HSWA are generally supported by guidance and sometimes by an approved code of practice (ACOP). Safety standards have a similar effect in law to an ACOP. Failure to comply with a safety standard may be taken as evidence of a breach in the HSWA (JSP 553 Ch 1 page 3), which is a statutory offence and could also lead to common law hability. 

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