UK Act of Parliament 1988 United Kingdom

Environment and Safety Information Act 1988

An Act to establish public registers of certain notices served concerning health, safety and environmental protection; and for related purposes.

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Enforced by
HSE
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Protection of trade secrets (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HSE must protect notified trade secrets when publishing entries in its enforcement-notice registerStatutory regulator
4 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Maintaining of and access to registers. (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Entries in registers. (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Short title, commencement and extent. (opens in a new tab)

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.