1. Rover environmental analysis
"" This Act was the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. So it remained until 1992, when UK health and safety legislation had to take account of Europe.
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The European dimension.
In 1986 the Single European Act enabled Europe to raise it's profile significantly in the health and safety arena and Article 118A was born.
Article 118A required member states to pay particular attention to encouraging improvements to the health and safety of workers, and to achieve harmonisation of conditions in this area. This was not directly enforceable by the EC as per other regulations. It merely allowed for the EC to adopt, by means of directives, minimum requirements on health and safety.
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In 1989, a framework directive was adopted with regard to introducing measures to encourage improvements in the health and safety of workers. The intent of the 1974 Act was in fact broadly similar to the directive. To ensure this was proven in a way that was acceptable to Europe, the UK proposed the Health and Safety (General Provisions) Regulations and accompanying code of practice. These Regulations, after consultation, were renamed and introduced as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 (The Management Regs).
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The Management Regs were accompanied by five other sets of regulations, in line with the five European subsidiary directives, and duly became law on 1st January 1993:.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992.
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
The Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992.
Together with the Management Regs, these Regulations became known as "the 6 pack-. .
Whilst this meant compliance with the European Directive, it did not significantly alter UK legislation. The primary legislation current in the UK is still arranged with a broad based statutory framework, IE the 1974 Act, and subsidiary legislation such as regulations, which are of greater detail and apply to specific problems that are generic across most workplaces.