Health and Safety Executive Approved Code of Practice

Health and Safety Executive, Approved Code of Practice for the Control of Asbestos at Work, HMSO, London (1988)... 

Heaith and Safety Executive, Approved Code of Practice for the Protection of Persons against Ionising Radiations arising from any Work Activity, HMSO, London (1985) Health and Safety Executive, Approved Code of Practice for Exposure to Radon, HMSO, London (1988)... 

Health and Safety Executive (1992) Management of Health and Safety at Work Approved Code of Practice Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 HMSO, London... 

Health and Safety Executive (2007) Managing Health and Safety in Construction - Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) Approved Code of Practice. HSE Books, Suffolk. 

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA) is an enabling Act from which most other relevant UK legislation stems. The Act lays down broad principles which are developed in detail in the form of Regulations or Approved Codes of Practice. The Act established the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) as an overseeing body representing employers, trade unions, local authorities and independents. The Act also created the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as the executive arm of the Commission. 

Employers are under a duty to provide such numbers of suitable persons as is adequate and appropriate in the circumstances for rendering first aid to his employees if they are injured or become ill at work. For this purpose a person shall not be suitable unless he or she has undergone such training and has such qualifications as the Health and Safety Executive may approve. This is typical of the way in which the Health and Safety Regulations are written. The regulations and codes of practice do not specify numbers, but set out guidelines in respect of the number of first aiders needed, dependent upon the type of company, the hazards present and the number of people employed. 

HSE (United Kingdom Health Safety Executive), 1997. Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations, 1995 (PFEER), Approved Code of Practice and Guidance, L65. HSE Books. 

An approved code of practice (Legionnaires disease -The control of legionella bacteria in water systems - L8) was produced by the Health and Safety Executive... 

Throughout the book definitions used by the relevant legislation, the Health and Safety Commission, the Health and Safety Executive and advice published in Approved Codes of Practice or various Health and Safety Commission/Executive publications have been utilized. Most of the references produced at the end of each Act or Regulation summary in Chapter 20 are drawn from the HSE Books range of publications. 

Health and Safety Executive, Legal guidance booklet no. L67, Control of vinyl chloride at work (1994 edition) Control of SiSstances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 Approved Code cf Practice, HSE Books, Sudbury (1995)... 

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