ABSTRACT
The achievement of an understanding of the basic legal requirements can be a daunting task. Many managers and other students will find these summaries a useful quick reference to health and safety legal requirements. The Health and Safety at Work (HSW) Act is the foundation of British health and safety law. It describes the general duties that employers have towards their employees and to members of the public, and also the duties that employees have to themselves and to each other. The law simply expects employers to behave in a way that demonstrates good management and common sense. The Health and Safety Executive have an interest under the HSW Act 1974 and the European Communities Act 1972 in the control of the keeping, notification, supply and use of explosive or highly flammable or otherwise dangerous substances which have the potential to create a major accident and in the prevention of the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of such substances.
