areas that have previously been barely regulated. An example of a situation where EC activity has required a radical new set of regulations in the UK is in the area of working time. The UK eventually responded to EC Directive 93/104 on Working Time with the Working Time Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/1833). At the same time, further Directives from the EC, in areas already addressed, necessitate the re-issuing of Regulations. For example, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/3246) has now been replaced by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/437). Subordinate legislation Updating or deregulation? : The HSC reported, in its Review, that there remained 367 sets of Regulations still in force and recommended that 100 of these should be removed because they had outlived their purpose. Of these 18 sets no longer addressed significant risks and a further 20 were duplicated by more modern provisions. They were particularly concerned that the regulatory system included some

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areas that have previously been barely regulated. An example of a situation where EC activity has required a radical new set of regulations in the UK is in the area of working time. The UK eventually responded to EC Directive 93/104 on Working Time with the Working Time Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/1833). At the same time, further Directives from the EC, in areas already addressed, necessitate the re-issuing of Regulations. For example, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/3246) has now been replaced by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/437). Subordinate legislation Updating or deregulation?

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areas that have previously been barely regulated. An example of a situation where EC activity has required a radical new set of regulations in the UK is in the area of working time. The UK eventually responded to EC Directive 93/104 on Working Time with the Working Time Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/1833). At the same time, further Directives from the EC, in areas already addressed, necessitate the re-issuing of Regulations. For example, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/3246) has now been replaced by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/437). Subordinate legislation Updating or deregulation?

ABSTRACT

The HSC reported, in its Review, that there remained 367 sets of Regulations still in force and recommended that 100 of these should be removed because they had outlived their purpose. Of these 18 sets no longer addressed significant risks and a further 20 were duplicated by more modern provisions. They were particularly concerned that the regulatory system included some 340 different requirements or recommendations for form-filling, recordkeeping and other paperwork: they suggested that, quite apart from anything else, much of this paperwork was not appropriate for an age when records might more effectively be computerised.