Section 18 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) puts a duty on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LAs) to make adequate arrangements for enforcement. The following Standard sets out the arrangements that LAs and HSE’s Field Operation Directorate should put in place to meet this duty.

To help enforcing authorities (EAs) comply with their duty a number of Toolkits have or will be developed to act as basic checklists and provide further links to additional supporting information.