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Updating author: Andrea Tithecott
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Summary
Future
developments
Practical example
Key references
Inspectors
Improvement
notices
Prohibition notices
Prosecution of an employer
Prosecution of an individual
Summary
- The Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are empowered to
appoint suitably qualified persons as inspectors to enforce health and safety
legislation. (See Inspectors)
- An employer may be served with an improvement notice requiring a health
and safety contravention to be remedied within a specified time. (See Improvement notices)
- An employer may be served with a prohibition notice requiring an activity
giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury to be stopped until specified
remedial action has been taken. (See Prohibition notices)
- An employer, whether this is a company or an individual, may be prosecuted
in the criminal courts. (See Prosecution of an employer)
- The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came
into force on 6 April 2008, means that it is now far easier than in the past
for the authorities to prosecute companies and large organisations. (See
Prosecution of an employer)
- An individual person may be prosecuted in the criminal courts. (See
Prosecution of an
individual)
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Future developments
There are no future developments.
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Inspectors
The enforcing authorities (the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
and local authorities) are empowered to appoint suitably qualified persons as
inspectors to enforce within their areas of responsibility the provisions of the
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, any health and safety regulations made
under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, eg the Control of Substances
Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/437), and certain enactments
specified in the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, eg the Factories Act
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