Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 come into force

Implementation date: 29 December 1999

The Regulations make various amendments to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992. Obligations placed on employers include: to make 'suitable and sufficient assessments' of risks to health and safety and put in place appropriate 'protective and preventive measures' to eliminate or minimise them; to make appropriate arrangement for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of those measures; to appoint 'competent persons' to assist in taking those measures; and to provide employees with proper instruction, training and supervision and keep them fully informed of the risks to their health and safety and how to avoid them. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.
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