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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 37

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Health, Safety and Welfare in connection with Work, and Control of Dangerous Substances and Certain Emissions into the Atmosphere

    1. Preliminary

      1. 1. Preliminary

    2. General duties

      1. 2. General duties of employers to their employees

      2. 3. General duties of employers and self-employed to persons other than their employees

      3. 4. General duties of persons concerned with premises to persons other than their employees

      4. 5. General duty of persons in control of certain premises in relation to harmful emissions into atmosphere

      5. 6. General duties of manufacturers etc. as regards articles and substances for use at work

      6. 7. General duties of employees at work

      7. 8. Duty not to interfere with or misuse things provided pursuant to certain provisions

      8. 9. Duty not to charge employees for things done or provided pursuant to certain specific requirements

    3. The Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive

      1. 10. Establishment of the Commission and the Executive

      2. 11. General functions of the Commission and the Executive (E+W+S)

      3. 11. General functions of the Commission and the Executive (N.I.)

      4. 12. Control of the Commission by the Secretary of State

      5. 13. Other powers of the Commission

      6. 14. Power of the Commission to direct investigations and inquiries (E+W+S)

      7. 14. Power of the Commission to direct investigations and inquiries (N.I.)

    4. Health and safety regulations and approved codes of practice

      1. 15. Health and safety regulations

      2. 16. Approval of codes of practice by the Commission (E+W+S)

      3. 16. Approval of codes of practice by the Commission (N.I.)

      4. 17. Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings

    5. Enforcement

      1. 18. Authorities responsible for enforcement of the relevant statutory provisions

      2. 19. Appointment of inspectors

      3. 20. Powers of inspectors

      4. 21. Improvement notices

      5. 22. Prohibition notices

      6. 23. Provisions supplementary to ss. 21 and 22 (E+W)

      7. 23. Provisions supplementary to ss. 21 and 22 (S)

      8. 23. Provisions supplementary to ss. 21 and 22 (N.I.)

      9. 24. Appeal against improvement or prohibition notice

      10. 25. Power to deal with cause of imminent danger

      11. 25A. Power of customs officer to detain articles and substances

      12. 26. Power of enforcing authorities to indemnify their inspectors

    6. Obtaining and disclosure of information

      1. 27. Obtaining of information by the Commission, the Executive, enforcing authorities etc

      2. 27A.Information communicated by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs

      3. 28. Restrictions on disclosure of information (E+W)

      4. 28. Restrictions on disclosure of information (S)

      5. 28. Restrictions on disclosure of information (N.I.)

    7. Special provisions relating to agriculture

      1. 29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 30. Agricultural health and safety regulations

      3. 31, 32... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. Provisions as to offences

      1. 33. Offences (E+W+S)

      2. 33. Offences (N.I.)

      3. 34. Extension of time for bringing summary proceedings

      4. 35. Venue

      5. 36. Offences due to fault of other person

      6. 37. Offences by bodies corporate

      7. 38. Restrictions on institution of proceedings in England and Wales

      8. 39. Prosecutions by inspectors

      9. 40. Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc

      10. 41. Evidence

      11. 42. Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied or, in certain cases, forfeiture

    9. Financial provisions

      1. 43. Financial provisions

      2. 43A.Railway safety levy (E+W+S)

      3. 43A.Railway safety levy (N.I.)

    10. Miscellaneous and supplementary

      1. 44. Appeals in connection with licensing provisions in the relevant statutory provisions

      2. 45. Default powers

      3. 46. Service of notices

      4. 47. Civil liability

      5. 48. Application to Crown

      6. 49. Adaptation of enactments to metric units or appropriate metric units

      7. 50. Regulations under the relevant statutory provisions

      8. 51. Exclusion of application to domestic employment

      9. 51A. Application of Part to police (E+W)

      10. 51A. Application of Part to police (S)

      11. 52. Meaning of work and at work

      12. 53. General interpretation of Part I

      13. 54. Application of Part I to Isles of Scilly

  2. Part II

    The Employment Medical Advisory Service

    1. 55. Functions of, and responsibility for maintaining, employment medical advisory service

    2. 56. Functions of authority responsible for maintaining the service

    3. 57. Fees

    4. 58. Other financial provisions

    5. 59. Duty of responsible authority to keep accounts and to report

    6. 60. Supplementary

  3. Part III

    Building Regulations, and Amendment of Building (Scotland) Act 1959

    1. 61, 62... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 63. Miscellaneous provisions as to the approval of plans

    3. 64—69... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 70. Power to make building regulations for Inner London

    5. 71—74... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 75. Amendment of Building (Scotland) Act 1959

    7. 76.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 77. Amendment of Radiological Protection Act 1970

    2. 78. Amendment of Fire Precautions Act 1971

    3. 79.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 80. General power to repeal or modify Acts and instruments

    5. 81. Expenses and receipts

    6. 82. General provisions as to interpretation and regulations

    7. 83.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 84. Extent, and application of Act

    9. 85. Short title and commencement

  5. SCHEDULE 1

    Existing Enactments which are Relevant Statutory Provisions

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Additional Provisions Relating to Constitution etc. of the Commission and Executive

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    Subject-Matter of Health and Safety Regulations

  8. SCHEDULE 4

  9. SCHEDULE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  10. SCHEDULE 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  11. SCHEDULE 7

  12. SCHEDULE 8

    Transitional Provisions with respect to Fire Certificates under Factories Act 1961 or Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963

  13. SCHEDULE 9

  14. SCHEDULE 10

An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.

[31st July 1974]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act applied (15.12.1999) by 1996 c. 18, Pt. VIII, s. 72(4) (as substituted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 7, 8, 9, Sch. 4 Pt. I; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2))

Act extended (11.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2550, reg. 3

C2Act applied by S.I. 1988/778, reg. 11(1)

C3Act applied by S.I. 1990/13, reg. 11(5)

Act applied in part (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/1746, reg. 18(1)(a).

Act extended (1.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/2379, reg. 9(a).

Act extended (1.12.1993) by S.I. 1993/2714, reg. 9(4)(a).

Act applied (31.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/3050, art. 21(1)(a) (with art. 3).

Act applied (with modifications) (29.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1806, regs. 3(1), 12

Act applied in part (15.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/263, arts. 3-8, 10

Act applied (with modifications) (18.7.1995) by S.I. 1995/1629, art. 30(3)(b)(5)

C4Certain provisions of this Act applied (with modifications) (29.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2415, reg. 4(1)

C5Certain provisions of this Act applied (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/2997, reg.6

C6Certain provisions of this Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3060, reg. 15(1)

C7Certain provisions of this Act applied (E.W.S.) (1.2.1993) by S.I. 1992/3217, reg. 21(1)

C8Act excluded (E.W.) (1.4.2006) by S.I. 2005/1541, art. 47, (with art. 49)

C9Act modified (30.5.2007) by The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) (No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1353), art. 2

Extent Information

E1For the application of this Act to Northern Ireland see s. 84(1); Pt. III of this Act (except s. 75 and Sch. 7) does not extend to Scotland see s. 84(2).

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