LRD guides and handbook October 2021

Health and Safety Law 2021

Chapter 2

2. The structure of health and safety law

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This chapter provides an overview of UK health and safety law, starting with the laws and regulations most relevant to the current Covid-19 pandemic and continuing to a fuller explanation of how laws, regulations, codes of practice, duties and accompanying guidance govern health and safety at work, including recent amendments.