Modes of Regulation for Preventing Major Accidents

There are many limitations of the prescriptive approach to safety, of which some are discussed in more detail in Chapter 7 and several other chapters. Here we point at the following  

Recognition of these limitations has led to the development of what many are convinced is a better pathway to safety, namely a collaboration between government and industry which features co-regulation for the fulfilment of performance-based rules. Supporting this development are several additional factors  

As a result, the debate has been driven by the convergence of forces for improving industrial safety, deregulation, and privatization - a perfect storm that has 

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