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.