These requirements apply to all business activities in this division.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 — general duties
Enforced by:
HSE
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
General duty to protect employees and others affected by the business. Transport-equipment manufacturing carries heavy-machinery, lifting, welding, fume and material-handling risks. NI: Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.
insurance
Great_Britain
Annual
Employers' Liability Insurance
Enforced by:
HSE
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
Required for any business employing at least one person.
registration
Uk
Annual
UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018
Enforced by:
ICO
Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)
Applies to any business processing personal data — staff, customers, suppliers. ICO registration unless specifically exempt.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics
Enforced by:
EHRC
Equality Act 2010
No discrimination, harassment or victimisation across the nine protected characteristics in employment and services. NI: separate equality legislation enforced by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.
compliance
England_Wales
Ongoing
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Enforced by:
LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The responsible person must carry out a fire risk assessment and maintain fire precautions across manufacturing premises (welding, paints, solvents, composites and battery storage raise the fire load). Devolved: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Enforced by:
HSE
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
Assess and control exposure to hazardous substances used division-wide — welding fume, paints and solvents, composite resins and hardeners, adhesives, metalworking fluids and process dust. NI: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
Enforced by:
HSE
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
Work equipment (presses, machine tools, welding plant, jigs and assembly lines) must be suitable, maintained and adequately guarded, with operators trained. Read with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) for cranes, hoists and gantries used to move hulls, fuselages and rolling stock.
compliance
Great_Britain
Ongoing
Manual Handling Operations Regulations
Enforced by:
HSE
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Avoid, assess and reduce manual handling risks from moving heavy components, sub-assemblies and finished product. NI: Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.
compliance
Uk
Ongoing
General product safety duty
Enforced by:
OPSS
General Product Safety Regulations 2005
Products placed on the GB market must be safe. The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 are the residual safety duty where no specific product regime applies; products within scope of a specific regime (e.g. vehicle type approval, recreational craft, aircraft airworthiness, bicycles) must instead meet that regime's essential requirements and conformity marking. Enforced by OPSS / local Trading Standards. Northern Ireland market access follows the GPSR (EU 2023/988) under the Windsor Framework.