Health, safety and environment legislation : a pocket guide

Contents A HEALTH AND SAFETY 1 GENERAL 1.1 General Framework 1.2 General Management Framework Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3242) Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 494) Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 2573) 1.3 Enforcement 1.4 Insurance 2 EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Accident Reporting Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 3163) (RIDDOK) Emergency Services Notifications Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990 (ST 1990 No. 304) Enforcement Environtnent and Safety Information Act 1988 Fire Certificates Fire Precautions Act 197 1 as amended by the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 Hazardous Substances Notification Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations 1982 (S1 1982 No. 1357) 3 3 7 11 13 15 15 18 21 23 26 Con tPnt.5 2.6 Notifications of Presence of Hazardous Substances/ Planning Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 656) Planning (Control of Major Accident Hazards) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 981) Petroleurn (Consolidation) Act 1928 Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 743) (COMAH) 2.9 Radiation - Emergency Provisions Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 2975) 2.10 Radioactive Substances Control Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Radioactive Substances (Clocks arid Watches) (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 4005) 2.7 Petroleum 2.8 Prevention of Major Accidents 3 SUBSTANCES 3.1 Asbestos - Licensing Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (SI 1983 No. 1649) Asbestos (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 3233) 3.2 Asbestos - Work Control of Asbestos at Work Kegulatioris 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2675) Biocidal Products Regulatioris 2001(SI 2001 No. 880) Chemicals (Hazard Irifoi-rriatiori arid Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1689) (CHIP 3) 3.3 Biocidal Products 3.4 Classification, Packaging and Labelling ix 29 32 34 38 41 44 44 47 52 55 X 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 Contents Dangerous Goods Carriage 60 Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 2092) Hazardous Substances Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Kegulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2677) (COSHH) Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Highly Flarnniable Liquids arid Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972 (SI 1972 No. 917) (HFL and L PG) Lead Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 26’76) New Substances Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (SI 1993 No. 3050) Notification of New Substances (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2176) Radioactive Substances Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3232) Safety Advisers ‘lransport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 257) 4 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 4.1 Batteries and Accumulators Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 232) Batteries and Accumulators (Containing Dangerous Substances) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 3097) and 2001 (S1 2001 No. 2551) 63 68 70 74 78 83 86 86 Contents xi 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Display Screen Equipment 92 89 Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condenser Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 2225) Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 2792) (DSE Regulations) Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No. 635) Equipment arid Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 192) Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atrnospheres (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3766) Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 2307) (LOLER) Personal Protective Equipment - Head Protection Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No. 2209) Personal Protective Equipment - Work Personal Protective Equipment at Work Kegulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 2966) (PPE Regulations) Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 128) ‘lransportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 200 1 (SI 2001 No. 1426) Work Equipment 115 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 2306) (PUWER) Electricity 95 Explosive Atmospheres 97 Lifting - Mechanical 100 103 105 Pressure Systems 108 Transportable Pressure Vessels 111 xii Contents 5 PREMISES 119 5.1 Construction 119 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 3140) (CONDAM) Construction (Design and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 2380) Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 1592) Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 341) 5.4 Workplace 127 Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 3004) (Workplace Regulations) 5.2 Construction Premises 122 5.3 Safety Signs and Signals 125 6 EMPLOYEES 131 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Confined Spaces 131 Employee Consultation - with Employees Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 1713) Health arid Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 1513) Employee Consultation - Information for Employees 137 Health arid Safety Information For Employees Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No. 682) Health and Safety Information For Employees (Modifications and Repeals) Regulations 199.5 (S1 1995 No. 2923) First Aid 139 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 (SI 1981 No. 917) Genetically Modified Organisms 141 Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Kegulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 2831) 134 Contents xiii 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 Manual Handling 145 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (S1 1992 No. 2793) Noise 148 Noise at Work Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No. 1790) Pregnant Women 151 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3242) Regulations 16, 17 and 18 Whistle-blowers 153 Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 Public Interest Disclosure (Compensation) Regulations 1999 (Sl 1999 No. 1548) Public Inlerest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999 (SI 1999 No. 1549) Working Time 156 Working ‘Iinie Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 1833) as amended by the Working Time Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3372) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3242) Regulation 19 Young Persons 159 B ENVIRONMENT 7 INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL 163 7.1 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1973) (PPCR) Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000 No. 323) Pollution Prevention and Control (England arid Wales) (Amendment) Kegulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 503) Pollution Prevention arid Control (England and Wales) 163 xiv ContPnts (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 275) and Amendment No. 2, 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2197) Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1973) Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000 No. 323) 7.2 PPCR Regulated Installations 169 8 AIR POLLUTION 173 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Air Quality Standards 173 Air Quality Standards Regulations 1989 (S1 1989 No. 3 17) Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (SI I995 No. 3146) Air Quality Limit Values Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 2315) iGr Quality Limit Values (Scotland) Regulations 200 1 (SSI 2001 No. 224) Air Quality Limit Values (Wales) Regulations 200 1 (S1 2001 No. 2683) Air Quality Standards and Objectives Environment Act 1995 Part IV Air Quality (England) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 928) Air Quality (Wales) Kegulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1940) A IQ~u ality (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000 No. 97) Asbestos 179 Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations 1990 (SI 1990 No. 556) Clean Air 181 Clean Air Act 1993 Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) Regulations 1958 (S1 1958 No. 498) Clean Air (Arrestment Plant) (Exemption) Regulations 1969 (SI 1969 No. 1262) 176 Contents xv 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Clean Air (Height of Chimneys) (Exemption) Regulations 1969 (SI 1969 No. 41 1) Clean Air (Emission of Grit and Dust from Furnaces) Regulations 1971 (SI 1971 No. 162) Finance Act 2000 s 30 and Schedule 6 Climate Change Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 7) Climate Change Levy (Combined Heat and Power Stations) Exemption Certificate Regulations 200 1 (SI 2001 No. 486) Climate Change Levy (General) Regulalions 200 1 (SI 2001 No. 838) Climate Change L,evy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1152) EC Kegulation on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (2037/2000/lX) (kX Regulation) EC Regulation on substances that deplete the ozone layer, as regards metered dose inhalers and medical drug pumps (20S8/’LOOO/EC) EC Regulation on substances that deplete the ozone layer, as regards the base year for the allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (2039/2000/E<:) Environmental Protection (Controls on O7onedepleting Substances) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 528) Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 111: Statutory Nuisances and Clean Air Statutory Nuisance (Appeals) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 2644) The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) Kegulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1460) Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000 No. 169) Climate Change Levy 185 Ozone-depleting Substances 189 Statutory Nuisances 193 Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels 196 xvi 9 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS 9.1 Deliberate Release and Marketing Environment Protection Art Part VI Genetically Modified Organisms Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002 (S1 2002 No. 2443) Con tents 198 198 10 WATER POLLUTION 202 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Abandoned Mines 202 The Mines (Notice of Abandonment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 892) Water Resources Act 199 1 Section 9 1 B Discharges to Controlled Waters Water Resources Act 199 1 Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 29’11) Anti-pollution Works Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 1006) Discharges to Sewers Water Industry Act 1991 Water Industry Act 1999 Groundwater Groundwater Regulations 1998 (S1 1998 No. 2’746) Oil Storage Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 29.54) Prescribed Processes and Substances ‘lrade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989 No. 1156) Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (SI 1990 No. 1629) Trade Emuents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 339) 204 209 213 2 16 219 Content.\ xvii 10.7 Urban Waste Water Treatment 222 Urban Waste Water Treatment (England arid Wales) Kegulations I994 (SI 1994 No. 2841) Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 2842) 11 WASTE 225 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Contaminated Land 225 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part TIA: Contaminated Land Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 227) Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000 No. 178) Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2001 (SI 200 1 No. 2 197) Control of Waste Carriers 229 Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 Controlled W'aste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991 No. 1624) Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S1 1998 No. 605) Duty of Care 232 Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991 No. 2839) Erivirorirrierital Protection Act 1990 Section 34 Landfill Tax 235 Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 1527) Landfill 'Iax (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 2100), (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 61) 1999 (S1 1999 No. 3270) and 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1) Finance Act 1996 Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 1996 (S1 1996 No. 1528) xviii 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Contents Landfill Tax (Contaminated Land) Order 1996 (SI 1996No. 1529) Landfill Tax (Site Restoration and Quarries) Order 1999 (S1 1999 No. 2075) Finance Act 2000 Litter 239 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 1V 1,itter Offshore Chemical Use or Discharge 24 1 Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1355) Packaging Waste 244 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 648) Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 136l), (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 344’7) Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 3375) Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 732) Packaging Essential Requirements 248 The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998 (S1 1998 No. 1165) Special Waste Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 9’72) Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 2019) and (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 251), 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3148), 2001 (SI 2001 No. 3545 - Wales only) Special Waste 25 1 11.10 Transfrontier Shipments 255 EC Regulation 259/93 on the Supervision and Control of Shipments of Waste within, into and out of the Community Contents xix Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 1137) Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 11: Waste on Idand Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 588) Controlled Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S1 1993 No. 556) Environment Act 1995 11.12 Waste Management Licensing 262 Waste Management licensing Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 1056) Waste Management I kensi ng (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 288) and (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 1950), (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 1279), (Amendment) Regulations 199'7 (SI 1997 No. 2203), (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 606) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 6'74) Environtnent Act 1995 Waste Managetnent Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 634) Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 351) 1 1.11 Waste Management 258 12 EXTERNAL NOISE 12.1 Miscellaneous Control of Pollution Act 1974 Part 111: Noise Control of Noise (Mcasurernent and Register) Regulations 1976 (SJ 1976 No. 37) Control of' Noise (Codes of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) (England) Order 2002 (S1 2002 No. 461) Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 12.2 Noise in the Street 267 267 270 Contmts Outdoor Equipment 273 Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 1701) Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors (Arnendrnent) Kegulatioris 200 1 (SI 200 1 No. 3958) Road Vehicles 276 Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986 No. 1078) (as amended) Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 111: Statutory Nuisances arid Clean k r Statutory Nuisance (A4ppealsR) egulations I 995 (Sl 1995 No. 2644) Statutory Nuisances 279 xx 12.3 12.4 12.5 13 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Cadmium Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993 No. 1643) Hexachloroethane Environmental Protection (Controls on Hexachloroethane) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 545) 282 282 284 Mercury Compounds/DBB etc. 286 Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Kegulatioiis 1992 (S1 1992 No. 3 1) PCBs/PCTs 289 Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls aiid Other L)angerous Substances) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1043) Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 3359) Contents 13.5 PCP Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1993 (SI 1993 No. 1) Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 200 1 (SI 200 1 No. 3141) Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 1583) 13.6 Ugilec 121/Ugilec 141/DBBT 14 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 14.1 Ecolabelling EC Regulation 880/92 oti a Cotnmunity Ecolabel Award Scheme United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board (Abolition) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 931) XXl 293 296 298 298 14.2 Environmental Information 301 Environmental Information Regulations 1992 (SI 1992 No. 3240) Environmental Information (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998 No. 1447) 15 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 304 15.1 Environment Impact 304 ‘Iown and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 293) Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wdes) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 2867) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (SI 1987 No. 764) (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Applications) Regulations 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1812) 15.2 Land Use and Development Control 310 xxii C'ontmts Town arid Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (SI 1995 No. 418) (as amended) Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (SI 1995 No. 419) (as amended) Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3280) 16 NATURE CONSERVATION 314 16.1 Protection of Wildlife and Countryside 3 14 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Wildlife and Countrysidc (Amendment) Act 199 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 198 1 (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 2823) 17 ENERGY CONSERVATION 318 17.1 Energy Information - Certain Appliances 318 Energy Information (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994 No. 3076) Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 600), Energy Information (Washing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 803) Energy Information (Tumble Driers) Kegulations 1996 (SI 1996 No. 601) Energy Information (Combined Washer-Driers) Kegulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 1624) Energy Information (Lamps) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 1517) Energy Information (Dishwashers) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 1676) Energy Information arid Energy Efficiency (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 200 1 (SI 2001 No. 3142) Contents xxiii 17.2 Building - Energy Usage 322 Building Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No. 253 1) Building (Amendment) Regulations 200 1 (SI 2001 No. 3335) Subject Index Useful Guides Cited in the Text Chemical Abbreviations 325 33 1 332