Health and Safety - Enforcement policy & procedures
It is the Council's policy to ensure its approach to health and
safety enforcement is consistent with the Health and Safety
commission's requirements.
The purpose of the policy is to outline the Council's approach
to enforcement of health and safety.
The Council has signed up to the Enforcement Concordat and its
health and safety inspectors will seek to secure compliance with
the law informally by information, advice and support but where
appropriate will use enforcement powers.
Working with other bodies on important aspect of the Council's
health and safety work.
The Council has a publicised complaints procedure, further
details of which are available on this website.
The Council believes in firm but fair enforcement of health and
safety. This policy is based on the following five guiding
principles:-
Consistency: to ensure that similar issues are dealt with in the
same way
Proportionality: to ensure that the action taken relates
directly to the actual or potential risk to health and safety
Targeting: to ensure that resources are targeted where
activities give rise to the most serious health risks
Transparency: to ensure that people easily understand the action
expected of them and that clear distinctions are made between legal
requirements and guidance
Accountability: inspectors are accountable to citizens,
Parliament and the Council for their actions and the Council has an
effective mechanism for dealing with complaints and comments.
A full copy of the Health and Safety Enforcement Policy can be
downloaded below.