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The Health and Safety Law Poster contains three sections that need to be completed.
These are:
This box is for a representative that has been appointed/elected by the employees, either under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee regulations 1977( if the work place has a trade union) or the Consultation with Employee Regulations 1996, (if there is no union represented). If there is no one who has been appointed/elected by the employees and the employer consults directly with the employees, then this box is left blank.
This box is for the person appointed by the employer for health and safety, (i.e. health and safety officer). The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 7 states that "Every employer shall, appoint one of more competent persons to assist him in undertaking the measures he need to take to comply with the requirements imposed upon him by the regulations". Ultimately this could be the employer themselves, depending on the size and structure of the business, and if the employer has the relevant training and experience.
Your enforcing authority for health and safety depends on the type of business
you conduct. In deciding who is your enforcing authority, you need to consider
the type of workplace you are employed in.
The HSE enforce over premises such as factories, building sites, mines, farms,
fairgrounds, quarries, railways, chemical plant, offshore and nuclear installations,
schools and hospitals.
The Local Authority enforce over premises such as retailing, some warehouses, most offices, hotels and catering, sports, leisure, consumer services and places of worship. Details of your local authority can be found in your local telephone directory or we can provide the telephone number if you can tell us in which council area you are located.
EMAS departments are located at local HSE offices, although there are some small area offices without one.
