Consultation on revised ACoP L24 to the Workplace Health Safety and Welfare Regulations

A consultation on a revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24

Newly published consultative document CD253 (available for download from the link shown below) invites views on the revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24 ‘Workplace health, safety and welfare’.  L24 is relevant to a wide range of people, including almost all employers, building owners, managers and worker representatives. 

The ACOP has been revised in response to Professor Löfstedt's independent review of health and safety legislation which was conducted last year – regular readers of our news will remember this, and new readers will find it using  our search facility in the top right corner of our webpage. This new consultation aims to establish if the changes make it easier for employers to understand and meet their legal obligations.  The main proposals for change include:

·         Removing out-of-date duties and requirements that are superseded by new regulations.

·         Simplifying the language to clarify what duty-holders must do to comply with the Workplace Regulations.

·         Updating the publication to include the provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendment Regs 2002.

·         Improving guidance, referring to the most up-to-date and relevant advice.

View the consultative document