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Dr Simon Joyston-Bechal at Turnstone Law hopes the Government takes the long view as UK health and safety Regulation stands on the precipice.

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill had its second reading in the Commons on 25 October 2022 and will catch the full range of health and safety regulations, which will automatically be repealed on 31 December 2023 unless ministers make specific decisions to save them.

What laws are caught by the EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill?

The Bill is designed to deal once and for all with the approximately 2,500 EU derived laws that were saved by the EU Withdrawal Act.  These laws have mostly been identified on a Government dashboard, which currently lists 58 of them as being in the health and safety category; and many more cover product safety, food safety and environmental protection.

The changes do not apply to primary legislation, i.e., anything with a title ending in the word “Act” such as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.  But they do apply to all the UK Regulations familiar to health and safety practitioners, which set out specific safety duties or deal with specific risks, ranging from health and safety management, welfare, consultation and first aid, through to work at height, lifting operations, PPE, manual handling, asbestos and CDM; i.e., all the rules with a title ending in the word “Regulations”.  Read more…

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill – UK HS Regulation on the edge?