UK Statutory Instrument
1998
United Kingdom
Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998
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Schedules
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The hiring out of pleasure craft for use on inland...
The care, treatment, accommodation or exhibition of animals, birds or...
The activities of an undertaker, except where the main activity...
Church worship or religious meetings.
The provision of car parking facilities within the perimeter of...
The provision of child care, or playgroup or nursery facilities....
The display or demonstration of goods at an exhibition for...
Office activities.
Catering services.
The provision of permanent or temporary residential accommodation including the...
Consumer services provided in a shop except dry cleaning or...
Cleaning (wet or dry) in coin operated units in launderettes...
The use of a bath, sauna or solarium, massaging, hair...
The practice or presentation of the arts, sports, games, entertainment...
Any activity in a mine or quarry other than a...
Fish, maggot and game breeding except in a zoo.
Any activity in relation to a pipeline within the meaning...
The operation of— (a) a guided bus system; or
The operation of a trolley vehicle system.
Any activity regulated by the Acetylene Safety (England and Wales...
Any activity in a fairground.
Any activity in premises occupied by a radio, television or...
The following activities carried on at any premises by persons...
The reference in paragraph 4(a)(iii) to a physically segregated area...
The use of ionising radiations for medical exposure (within the...
Any activity in premises occupied by a radiography undertaking in...
Agricultural activities, and any activity at an agricultural show which...
Any activity on board a sea-going ship.
Any activity in relation to a ski slope, ski lift,...
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Citation and commencement
Application
Interpretation
New nuclear build sites
Interpretation: nuclear warship site
Local authorities to be enforcing authorities in certain cases
Exceptions
The Office for Nuclear Regulation
Arrangements enabling responsibility for enforcement to be transferred
Assignment of responsibility for enforcement in cases of uncertainty: the Executive and the local authority
Assignment of responsibility for enforcement in cases of uncertainty: the Executive and the ONR
Assignment of responsibility for enforcement in cases of uncertainty: the ONR and the local authority
Revocation of instruments
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Transport legislation | Office for Nuclear Regulation (opens in a new tab) from ONR Detailed Guidance
- Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 - Frequently asked questions | Office for Nuclear Regulation (opens in a new tab) from ONR Detailed Guidance
- How HSE communicates with the tree industry and how we can help raise health and safety standards (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Application of health and safety law to the Police Service (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Self-employed workers - High-risk work activities that apply to the self-employed (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Investigation procedures in England (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Health and social care - Frequently asked questions (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Safe use of Acetylene - Licensing (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs) (opens in a new tab) from HSE Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Local Authority (Environmental Health / Licensing / Planning)
Local councils enforce food safety (via Environmental Health Officers), issue alcohol licences, grant planning permission, and regulate certain business activities at local …
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