Legislation and standards

Information on legislation and standards with regard to health and safety at work.

Class 1: UK National Legislation relevant to Health and Safety at Work
Class 2: HSE Direct
Class 3: European legislation
Class 4: Standards

Class 1: UK National legislation relevant to health and safety at work

Document	Definition	Availability	Format	Cost
Acts of the UK Parliament and explanatory notes	Available from the Stationery Office or from the HMSOnline United Kingdom legislation website	Stationery office / Online	Hard copy / Webpages	£ / Free
Statutory Instruments	Available from the Stationery Office or from the HMSOnline UK Statutory Instruments website	Stationery office / Online	Hard copy / Webpages	£ / Free

Class 2: HSE Direct

Document	Definition	Availability	Format	Cost
HSEDirect	Subscription database that contains the full text of all health and safety legislation and HSE guidance publications. The database also includes European directives and case law summaries	Online	Webpages	£

Class 3: European legislation

Information on investigations into accidents; published reports of accident investigations. HSE investigates many accidents, dangerous occurrences and other incidents each year. Where the accounts of such incidents are of general or technical importance, a report will be published setting out

Document	Definition	Availability	Format	Cost
EUR-Lex	Portal to European law	Online	Webpages	Free
Euronews	Provides details on the health and safety legislative proposals introduced by the European Commission	Online		Free

Class 4: Standards

Information on HSE’s participation in setting standards; advice on use of standards; raising awareness of standards

Document	Definition	Availability	Format	Cost
HSE and Standards Development (GAP4) United Kingdom I	Provides guidance to HSE staff on roles and responsibilities in the development of technical standards	HSE Infoline	Webpages	Free
Interdepartmental Liaison Group on Risk Assessment ( UK-ILGRA) ILGRA Sub-Group on Setting Standards.	Report on Department of Environment methodology for setting of safety standards	Online	Webpages	Free