ABSTRACT
This Act [1] broadly implemented the recommendations of the Robens Committee (see p. 412) [2] and was brought into force over a period of six months commencing on 1 October 1974.
General purposes
The objectives of the Act are set out in Section 1 and are:
1. securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work;
2. protecting persons other than persons at work against risks to health and safety arising from work activities;
3. controlling explosive, highly flammable or dangerous substances;
4. controlling the emission of noxious or offensive substances from prescribed classes of premises;
5. to enable the previously existing health and safety legislation to be progressively replaced by a system of regulations and Approved Codes of Practice operating in combination.
