ABSTRACT
This Act [1] broadly implemented the recommendations of the Robens Committee (see p. 451) [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.
