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A Guide to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992
Foreword
1: Introduction
1.1 About this guide
1.2 Why have health
and safety legislation?
1.3 What the Act sets
out to do
1.4 Coverage is broad
1.5 "All practicable
steps"
1.6 How the Act sets
more detailed standards
Working with regulations
Working with approved codes of practice
1.7 The difference
between the Act and the common law
2: Duties of
employers
2.1 The meaning of
"employer"
2.2 The general duty
(section 6)
Particular
duties
2.3 Hazard management
responsibilities (sections 7-10)
Identifying
hazards
Controlling
hazards
2.4 Information for
employees and health and safety representatives (sections 11-12)
2.5 Supervision and
training (section 13)
2.6 Employee participation
(sections 19A-19I, schedule 1A)
2.7 Volunteer workers
(sections 3C and 3D)
2.8 People who are
not employees (section 15)
3: Duties of
employees
3.1 The meaning of
"employee"
3.2 The employee's
general duty (section 19)
Particular
duties
The right
to refuse work that is likely to cause serious harm
3.3 Requirements of
health and safety inspectors and departmental medical practitioners
3.4 Rights of employees
in relation to information
3.5 Participating
in the improvement of health and safety
4: Other people
with duties
4.1 Duties of persons
who control a place of work (section 16)
4.2 Duties of the
self-employed (section 17)
4.3 Duties of principals
and contractors (section 18)
4.4 Duties of persons
selling or supplying plant for use in places of work (section 18A)
5: Accidents
5.1 Recording and
investigating occurrences of harm (section 25(1))
5.2 Notification and
reporting requirements (section 25(2))
5.3 No interference
at scene of an accident (section 26)
5.4 Investigation
of accidents and illness
6: How the
Act is administered and enforced
6.1 Health and safety
inspectors (sections 29-33)
6.2 Departmental Medical
Practitioners (sections 34-38)
6.3 Improvement and
prohibition notices (sections 39-46)
6.4 Regulations and
approved codes of practice (sections 20,21)
6.5 Offences and penalties
(sections 49,50,56A-56I)
6.6 Relationship with
accident insurance and compensation agencies
Definitions
Foreword
| 1: Introduction | 2: Duties
of employers | 3: Duties
of employees | 4: Other people
with duties | 5: Accidents
| 6: How the Act is administered
and enforced | Definitions
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