Miscellaneous Health and Safety Law Changes Come into Effect

New legislation bringing about minor changes to health and safety law came into force yesterday, covering areas such as first aid, display screens, personal protective equipment, manual handling, work equipment, lifting operations and quarries.

The proposed changes have been made to clarify a number of issues recently raised by the European Commission (EC) on specific aspects of the UK implementation of the Framework Directive (89/391/EEC) and to address some minor drafting problems that have since been identified in some sets of regulations, for example, cross-references within regulations that are incorrect.

The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 are available on the HMSO website or tel. 020 7873 9090.

The HSE has promised that further guidance on the new regulations will be published in due course.
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