The Health and Safety Commission

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) consisted of a Chairman appointed by the Secretary of State for Employment, and not fewer than six and not more than nine other members drawn from industrial 

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The bodies set up to ensure the satisfactory implementation and operation of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (and the Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972) under Section 10 of the Act are the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive. 

Whereas the Health and Safety Commission is responsible for the development of policies in the health and safety field, the Health and Safety Executive, being a separate statutory body appointed by the Commission, will work in accordance with directions and guidance given by the Commission. The Executive will provide advice on health and safety to both sides of industry and will enforce legal requirements. 

To assist manufactures and suppliers attain the required level of health and safety, the Health and Safety Commission have commenced approving standards laid down by such bodies as the British Standards Institution. 

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. 

Doll R, Peto J. 1985. Asbestos Effects on health of exposure to asbestos. A report to the Health and Safety Commission. London, England, Her Majesty s Stationery Office. 

Authorised and Approved Lists. These are authorised and approved by the Health and Safety Commission and are issued from time to time. 

Exposure limits are set by the Health and Safety Commission, on the advice of its Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS) and Woridng Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals (WATCH). ACTS has begun publishing the full rationale for establishing exposure limits as Criteria Documents . The format of these documents is modelled on that adopted by the EC [17]. 

A fundamental requirement of the CoSHH regulations is that the exposure of employees to hazardous substances should be prevented, or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. Exposure to harmful materials can occur by inhalation, by ingestion or by absorption through the skin but inhalation is usually the main route of entry into the body. The Health and Safety Commission sets Occupational Exposure Limits , or concentrations of substances in the air at or below which exposure control is considered to be adequate. The values for exposure limits are listed on the Oxford Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory home page (Oxford Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, 2006). Other countries have their own regulations for minimizing risks to users of chemicals and it is recommended that these are consulted before carrying out the tests described here. 

The HSW Act also established the Health and Safety Commission with responsibility for publishing specific health and safety regulations and the Health and Safety Executive which enforces the Act by means of an inspectorate with extensive powers that can lead to prosecution. It allows all employees rights to be represented, meaning that in all schools there will be a designated safety representative who has the right to receive appropriate training and access to information, release from timetable and time out of school to carry out their duties. These include ... 

The HSWA established two bodies, the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). These were merged in 2008 to form a single body, the HSE. The HSE is a statutory body established by the HSWA (as amended) which consists of a chairperson and between 7 and 12-executive directors. 

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. 

Prepared by the Health and Safety Commission/Executive (HSC/E) on behalf of the minister. 

The majority of health and safety regulations concerning employment at work, including those that emanate from the EU, are made by the appropriate government department (currently (2003) the Department of Work and Pensions for employment matters and the Department for Trade and Industry for machinery). Drafting of the wording of the health and safety regulations is carried out by the Health and Safety Commission/Executive (HSC/E) under powers contained in HSW. 

Authorizes the setting up of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive and lays down how they should operate. 

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. 

London The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) in the United Kingdom is urging people to focus on real risks—those that cause real harm and suffering—and to stop concentrating on trivial risks, launching a set of key principles and practical actions it heheves sensible risk management should, and should not, be about. 

The Act through s. 10 caused the establishment of two bodies to direct and enforce legislative matters concerned with health and safety. The Health and Safety Commission (HSC), appointed by the Secretary of State, consists of a chairman and six to nine members. Three of the members are appointed after consultation with the employers organisations, three after consultation with employees organisations and two after consulting local authorities. It is the duty of the Commission (s. 11) to ... 

Set up under the HSW, the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) consists of a Chairman and nine members, three nominated by the CBI, three by the TUC, two by the local authorities. 

Persons and activities covered by the Act those not so covered activities formally covered but which the Health and Safety Commission has been directed to leave to other legislation. 

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