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The HSE Legionella Committee

Terms of Reference

  1. The Group shall be known as the Health and Safety Executive Legionella Committee (‘the Committee’).
  2. The Biological Agents Unit of the Hazardous Installation Directorate (HID CD 6 SI4) will fulfil the role of Secretariat for the Committee. The Head of Section 1 in Health Unit will initially hold the Chairmanship; it will then rotate between the sections on an annual basis.
  3. Meetings shall be held at approximately four-monthly intervals.
  4. Membership of the Committee reflects the HSE Directorates and Divisions that have a major interest in legionella. This will normally include representatives of: the Biological Agents and Genetically Modified Organisms Unit ( HTPD 1 S15), Hazardous Installation Directorate Biological Agents Unit (HID CD 6 S14), Health Unit (HU) and the Field Operations Specialist Inspectors (FOD SGs). At the request of the Committee (or any respective section) representatives of other Directorates/Divisions including the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) may attend meetings to discuss specific issues of relevance.
  5. Members are expected to actively contribute to , and to promote the work of the Committee , both within and outside meetings.
  6. The aims of the Committee are:
    1. To share information engage with all interested parties, including the Biological Agents Forum (BAF) on issues, initiatives and research concerning the control of legionella;
    2. To provide advice and an operational steer on control of legionella issues to policy units and to support operational activity in the Directorates/Divisions;
    3. To resolve cross-Directorate/Division and intra-Directorate/Division difficulties;
    4. To assist in making the whole HSE legionella ‘team’ a more cohesive , transparent and effective unit;
    5. To consider the outcomes of any initiatives, projects and research on legionella issues with a view to identifying future priorities;
    6. To promote effective partnership working with our stakeholders part icularly with our Local Authority partners to ensure consistency in approach;
    7. To develop and promote open two-way communication with a range of key of key stakeholders identified using the Stakeholder Analysis Toolkit;
    8. To promote and monitor an overall coherent and consistent approach to inspection and investigation of control of legionella issues internally and with our Local Authority partners and to review the outcomes of these interventions.

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Updated 21.05.09