Health and safety: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Updating author: Ruth Wintersgill, consultant editor (Scotland): Gillian MacLellan, consultant editor (Northern Ireland): Andrew Spratt
Future developments
There are no future developments specific to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Scotland
The same statutory provisions regulate health and safety throughout Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) including their offshore islands, but not the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or Northern Ireland), so the same regulatory regime applies in England, Wales and Scotland). However, in Scotland, the Crown Office prosecutes breaches of health and safety law (as opposed to the Health and Safety Executive in England and Wales).
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