Current consultations and discussions

Take the opportunity to influence health and safety policy. Participate in the current public consultations and discussions below, and help make a difference.

Current consultations

• Public consultation on the request for consent to decommission Wylfa nuclear power station
  Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is holding a formal 3-month consultation period in order to provide the opportunity for interested parties to comment upon Wylfa’s application and decommissioning project.
  Consultation began on 7 May 2013 and will end on 9 August 2013.
  
• CD253 – A consultation on the revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24 - "Workplace health, safety and welfare"
  

  This consultative document invites views on the revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24 - "Workplace health, safety and welfare". The ACOP has been revised in response to Professor Löfstedt’s independent review of health and safety legislation ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all’. The consultation aims to establish if the changes make it easier for employers to understand and meet their legal obligations. 
  Consultation began on 7 May 2013 and will end on 30 July 2013.

• CD252 – Consultation on proposals for a revised Approved Code of Practice on "Safe installation and use of gas systems and appliances" (L56)
  This consultative document invites views on the revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L56 - "Safe installation and use of gas systems and appliances". The revised ACOP and guidance has been prepared by HSE in consultation with representatives from across the gas industry. The ACOP has been revised in response to Professor Löfstedt’s independent review of health and safety legislation ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all’.
  The consultation began on 7 May and will close on the 30July.
• CD250 - Consultation on proposals for an Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) on Safety in Ports
  This consultation seeks views on HSE’s proposal to publish an Approved Code of Practice on Safety in Ports which gives advice on the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and replaces the existing Approved Code of Practice on Safety in Docks (COP25).
  This consultation began on 09 April 2013 and ends on 22 May 2013
  

Consultations and discussions that ended during 2013

• CD251 – A consultation on proposed new guidance on the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (as amended) This consultative document seeks views on new draft guidance and supporting material to assist duty holders in their first aid needs assessment and in selecting a first aid training provider.  There is the potential for the removal of the current ACoP text and its incorporation into this new guidance. The aim is simple and comprehensive guidance that provides a degree of flexibility in complying with the law and is easily amended in the future if necessary.
  Consultation began on 25 March 2013 and ended on 3 May 2013.
• Consultation letter - proposed fees regulations to support the EU Regulation 528/2012 on placing on the market and use of biocidal products
  HSE is seeking views on proposed fees regulations to enable it to recover its costs for the services it will provide in operating as UK biocides competent authority under the new EU Regulation 528/2012 on placing on the market and use of biocidal products. Consultation began on 25 February 2013 and ended on 22 March 2013.
• CD247 - Public consultation on a National Local Authority Enforcement Code – Health and Safety at Work, England, Scotland and Wales
  This consultation sets out proposals for a National Local Authority Enforcement Code (the Code). The Code has been developed in response to the Professor Ragnar Löfstedt report "Reclaiming health & safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation" commissioned by the Minister for Employment which recommended that HSE be given a stronger role in directing LAs health & safety inspection and enforcement activity.
  Consultation began on 21 December 2012 and ended on 01 March 2013.
• CD249 - Public consultation on regulatory measures to support EU chemicals legislation and proposals on reducing seven existing sets of domestic regulations into one statutory instrument (‘7 into 1’ package)
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and, in relation to the EU Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation HSE Northern Ireland (HSE NI), are seeking views on regulatory proposals for measures supporting three directly applicable EU chemicals Regulations on: Biocidal Products; Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals (commonly known as the PIC Regulation); and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures. Consultation began on 20 December 2012 and ended on 31 January 2013.