Other Manufacturing

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 ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees and others affected by the business. Applies to every workshop in the division — benches, machinery, hot work and chemical processes. Devolved: Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

insurance Great_Britain Annual

Employers' Liability (Compulsory) Insurance

Enforced by: HSE

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

Compulsory 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 data protection fee unless specifically exempt.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics

Enforced by: EHRC

Equality Act 2010

Discrimination, harassment and victimisation prohibited across the protected characteristics, in employment and in services. Devolved equivalents apply in 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-safety arrangements. Relevant given flammable finishes, solvents, dust and hot-work processes in many of these workshops. Devolved: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)

Enforced by: HSE

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Workshops across the division use hazardous substances — solders and fluxes, electroplating and pickling chemistry, casting fumes, lacquers, adhesives, resins and dusts. Employers must assess exposure, control it (often local exhaust ventilation with statutory thorough examination at least every 14 months), provide RPE and carry out health surveillance where needed. Devolved: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)

Enforced by: HSE

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Work equipment — presses, lathes, polishing and grinding wheels, saws, injection-moulding machines, kilns and CNC tools — must be suitable, maintained, guarded and used only by trained operators. Read with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.

compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Enforced by: HSE

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Avoid, assess and reduce the risk of injury from manually handling heavy or awkward loads (raw stock, dies, finished goods, packed cartons). Devolved: Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.

compliance Uk Ongoing

General product safety (GPSR)

Enforced by: OPSS

General Product Safety Regulations 2005

Consumer products placed on the market must be safe in normal and reasonably foreseeable use. The residual catch-all where no specific product rules apply — it governs jewellery, musical instruments, sports goods, brushes and miscellaneous goods. Where a specific regime exists (toys, medical devices, PPE) that regime takes precedence. Enforced by OPSS and local Trading Standards. In Northern Ireland the EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 applies instead.