A new National Enforcement Code

A legally binding, statutory National Enforcement Code explicitly outlaws proactive inspections outside “high risk areas” by both the HSE and local authority regulators and exempts hundreds of thousands of businesses from “burdensome” health and safety inspections. Businesses will now only be inspected if they are operating in high-risk areas, such as construction, or if they have a poor safety record. The Code can be found on the HSE website at www.hse.gov.uk/lau/publications/la-enforcement-code.htm