Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has proposed to replace the
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) and withdraw
the Approved Code of Practice. The proposed new Regulations implement in
Great Britain the requirements of Directive 92/57/EEC on the implementation of
minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction
sites, apart from certain requirements which are implemented by the Work at
Height Regulations 2005. The proposals support the strategic objectives of
improved co-ordination, better value for money, improved efficiency and use of
technological changes in Construction 2025, the
Government's industrial strategy for construction.
The main proposed changes are
to make the Regulations easier to understand; replace the CDM co-ordinator
role with the principal designer; replace the ACOP with targeted guidance;
replace the detailed and prescriptive requirements for individual and corporate
competence with a more generic requirement; align notification requirements
with the Directive and apply the Regulations to domestic clients but in a
proportionate way.
These
new proposals will be of interest to clients of construction work (including householders
as clients), designers, principal contractors, contractors, sub-contractors
including the self-employed, CDM co-ordinators, safety representatives and
anyone else with an interest in construction projects.
View the consultative document 
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The consultation ends on 6 June 2014.
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