Health and safety law enforcement

The general responsibility for enforcing health and safety laws lies with the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) but the actual enforcement is carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). However, because of the very wide range of areas to be covered, the HSE has delegated certain aspects or areas of enforcement to other bodies. [Pg.22]

HSE inspectors and local authority inspectors (Environmental Health Officers [EHO]) have the following general powers [Pg.23]

Entry to any premises at any time work is being carried out. [Pg.23]

Not to pass to a third party information from investigations (to do so is an indictable criminal offence). [Pg.23]

Prosecute in a Magistrate s Court for alleged breaches of health and safety laws. [Pg.23]

HSE - factories, manufacturing premises, fire prevention (where the high fire risk is in the process), railways, offshore industries, nuclear, agriculture, mines and quarries [Pg.22]

Local authorities - offices, shops, warehouses and non-machinery premises [Pg.22]

3 FfSE inspectors and local authority inspectors (Environmental Health [Pg.23]

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