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Last month the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) made four changes to the policies for which it is responsible by introducing:
- A new, easier to read version of the law poster that employers must display
- A reduction in the number of forms that employers must complete
- A simplification of arrangements for the manufacture and storage of explosives
- Aligning chemical hazard information and packaging with new EU regulations
New law poster
The most noticeable change is the introduction of new version of its health & safety law poster and leaflet which is much more visually appealing and therefore more likely to be read by workers.
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The new posters are available from HSE. Companies are allowed to keep the old posters until April 2014, as long as the addresses of the enforcing authority and the employment medical advisory service are up to date.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/lawposter.htm
Premises registration abolished
With the abolition of premises registration the HSE has reduced the number of health & safety forms that employers in Great Britain have to fill out. Factory employers no longer have to complete form F9 to notify HSE and Office and shop employers no longer have to complete the OSR1 form and notify their local authority.
Manufacture and storage of explosives
Changes to the regulations governing the manufacture and storages of explosives have also taken effect which will reduce paperwork for the police and holders of explosives certificates. In addition, the regulations remove 224 sets of redundant local mine regulations as part of HSE's continuing mission to simplify, clarify and modernise the law.
The Chemical Hazard Information and Packaging (CHIP) Supply Regulations
A new version of the Chemicals Hazard Information for Supply (CHIP) Regulations has been produced to align CHIP with the new European Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ('CLP' Regulation), which was introduced in January this year.
The main changes are to allow suppliers to comply with the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation as an alternative to CHIP before the CLP Regulation become mandatory on 1st December 2010 for substances and 1st June 2015 for mixtures, and to provide powers for inspectors to enforce the CLP Regulation as well as CHIP.
If you have any questions regarding the updates or any other regulations:
HSE's InfoLine 0845 3450055
Textphone: 0845 408 9577
Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly CF83 3GG
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