Advisory committees and industry groups

The Health and Safety Executive is supported by a range of advisory committees and industry groups. These bodies may be concerned with health and safety in a particular industry or sector, or with particular hazards present across a range of industry sectors. In many cases these groups have limited duration; they are dissolved when their work is done. Others are standing bodies but their work programmes are regularly reviewed and refreshed. The current standing bodies are listed below.

The generic title ‘advisory committee’ has been applied to many standing bodies created by HSE without generally distinguishing between their different roles. Some of the advisory committees exist to provide HSE with independent scientific and medical expert advice. Their members are appointed solely for the expertise they bring, and they operate according to the Code of Practice for Science Advisory Committees published by the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser. Other advisory committees meet a wider range of needs. Their membership brings together a broad range of interests to work in partnership with HSE, helping us to develop policy and deliver our strategy through a coherent programme of shared action.

• Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP)
• Advisory Committee on Pesticides
• Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS)
• Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC)
• Asbestos Liaison Group
• Castings Health and Safety Advisory Committee (CHASAC) (formerly Foundry Industry Advisory Committee, FIAC)
• Cement, Ceramics, Concrete, Heavy Clay, Refractories and Glass Manufacturing Industries Joint Health and Safety Committee (CHARGE)
• Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF)
• Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum
• Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC)
• Health and Safety Executive / Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee (HELA)
• Hospitality Industry Liaison Forum
• Interdepartmental Liaison Group on Risk Assessment (ILGRA)
• Joint Advisory Committee for Entertainment (JACE)
• Legionella Committee
• Mining Industry Safety Leadership Group (MISLG)
• Mining Qualifications Board (MQB)
• Motor Vehicle Repair Safety Forum
• National Liaison Committee overseeing the Protocol of Work-related deaths
• Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) (formerly Oil Industry Advisory Committee)
• Paper and Board Industry Advisory Committee (PABIAC)
• Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee
• Safety and Health in Mines Research Advisory Board (SHMRAB)
• Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (Contained Use), (SACGM(CU))
• Small Business Trade Association Forum (SBTAF)
• Textiles Industry Advisory Committee (TEXIAC)
• Tyre and Rubber Industries Safety Action Group (TRISAG) (formerly Rubber Industry Advisory Committee, RUBIAC)
• Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum
• Working Group on Action to Control Chemicals (WATCH)
• Wood Safety Group (WSG)
• Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC)