under the 1974 Act: they were the first to impose an express duty on employers to assess for and respond to risks. To a large extent they now overlap with the Management Regulations, but the health surveillance provisions with the requirement for the keeping of long term records go beyond anything in earlier Regulations; similarly, the Management Regulations do not spell out, as do these Regulations, the substances and processes which are dangerous; nor do they impose detailed requirements, for example, to notify the HSE of the first use in the workplace of biological agents. Much of the system is contained in Schedules which specify substances in regard to which the employer has to take particular precautions and the precautions, etc, which must be taken. The Regulations are cross-referenced to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 for further identification of substances which are hazardous to health and which themselves classify carcinogenic substances and preparations for the purposes of packaging and labelling. These Regulations are the medium through which Britain has implemented a number of EC Directives on toxic substances, including Directives on carcinogens and biological agents. The Regulations are accompanied by several Approved Codes of Practice (that is, a general one and risk-specific ones). There is also HSE guidance.

DOI link for under the 1974 Act: they were the first to impose an express duty on employers to assess for and respond to risks. To a large extent they now overlap with the Management Regulations, but the health surveillance provisions with the requirement for the keeping of long term records go beyond anything in earlier Regulations; similarly, the Management Regulations do not spell out, as do these Regulations, the substances and processes which are dangerous; nor do they impose detailed requirements, for example, to notify the HSE of the first use in the workplace of biological agents. Much of the system is contained in Schedules which specify substances in regard to which the employer has to take particular precautions and the precautions, etc, which must be taken. The Regulations are cross-referenced to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 for further identification of substances which are hazardous to health and which themselves classify carcinogenic substances and preparations for the purposes of packaging and labelling. These Regulations are the medium through which Britain has implemented a number of EC Directives on toxic substances, including Directives on carcinogens and biological agents. The Regulations are accompanied by several Approved Codes of Practice (that is, a general one and risk-specific ones). There is also HSE guidance.

under the 1974 Act: they were the first to impose an express duty on employers to assess for and respond to risks. To a large extent they now overlap with the Management Regulations, but the health surveillance provisions with the requirement for the keeping of long term records go beyond anything in earlier Regulations; similarly, the Management Regulations do not spell out, as do these Regulations, the substances and processes which are dangerous; nor do they impose detailed requirements, for example, to notify the HSE of the first use in the workplace of biological agents. Much of the system is contained in Schedules which specify substances in regard to which the employer has to take particular precautions and the precautions, etc, which must be taken. The Regulations are cross-referenced to the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993 for further identification of substances which are hazardous to health and which themselves classify carcinogenic substances and preparations for the purposes of packaging and labelling. These Regulations are the medium through which Britain has implemented a number of EC Directives on toxic substances, including Directives on carcinogens and biological agents. The Regulations are accompanied by several Approved Codes of Practice (that is, a general one and risk-specific ones). There is also HSE guidance.