The legal framework

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the foundation of British Health and Safety law. It describes the general duties that employers have towards their employees and to members of the public, and also the duties that employees have to themselves and to each other. 

The term so far as is reasonably practicable qualifies the duties in the HSW Act. In other words, the degree of risk in a particular job or workplace needs to be balanced against the time, trouble, cost and physical difficulty of taking measures to avoid or reduce the risk. 

The law simply expects employers to behave in a way that demonstrates good management and common sense. They are required to look at what the hazards are and take sensible measures to tackle them. 

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (the Management Regulations) clarifies what employers are required to do to manage health and safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Like the Act, they apply to every work activity. 

The law requires every employer to carry out a risk assessment. If there are five or more employees in the 

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The Legal Framework and its Implications for Future International Developments... 

It is briefly mentioned that there are currently ongoing discussions on the inclusion of an extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study (EOGRTS 16, 17) into the legal framework of... 

One of the most important results of the November 2003 Austrian conference was that the legal framework, within which the partners of such new business models act, is of high interest. Especially the legal nature of the chemical within the cycle of the leasing model is decisive. This should become a clear and intelligible factor. 

A glance at the London Agreement, which established the legal framework for the Nuremberg Trials, reveals two remarkable articles, which are clearly incompatible with the procedures of a state under the... 

The statistical concepts behind CCa and CC/3 are identical to the concepts of Lc and LDs, respectively. However, due to the different experimental design, the different interpretation and the legal framework, CCa and CC/3 should not be considered as alternative definitions of decision limit and LoDs. A graphical representation of CCa and CC/3 in the case of an established limit is given in Figure 6.6. 

D. A. Muller, Flavours The Legal Framework. In Flavours and Fragrances Chemistry, Bioprocessing and Sustainability,... 

The legal framework for dealing with a bioterrorist attack and the resultant public health crises combines government authority at the national, state, and local levels. 

Staff nurses and nurse administrators need to learn from the legal counsel in their institutions the legal framework for their state. 

Romania, one of the East European countries moving away from the command economy, made progress toward privatizing its economy and establishing the legal framework for a market economy. Economy indicators presented in Table 1 show that Romania s economy registered a continuous increase over the past 5 years [1],... 

This instrument introduces Directive No. 92/ 28/EC issued by the Council on March 31, 1992 into the nationcd legislation, emd establishes the legal framework for the advertising of drugs for human use. 

Thus, within the legal framework established by Act 48/90 of August 24, 1990 and under the terms of Article 201 Section c.) Subsection 1 of the Constitution, the government decrees as follows ... 

Legislation and regulation constitute important elements in any drug policy. The legal framework must take into account not only policy objectives but also the administrative, social and health infrastructure, the available manpower and other resources. 

Medicinal product registration constitutes a fundamental procedure within the public health system, the granting of the MA. All drug products require an MA issued by the Ministry of Public Health before they can be marketed in Tunisia. Several institutions within the Ministry of Public Health are involved with this procedure. A brief introduction of the legal framework and the responsibilities of each of the aforementioned institutions follows. 

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