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Fee for Intervention (FFI) will come into effect on 1 October 2012, subject to Parliamentary approval of the proposed Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012. These Regulations will put a duty on HSE to recover its costs for carrying out its regulatory functions from those found to be in material breach of health and safety law. This will shift some of the cost of health and safety regulation from...

 A Manchester storage-products manufacturer was been sentenced on 20 July after becoming the third company in the UK to be convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.Lion Steel Equipment Ltd, based in Hyde, Greater Manchester was ordered to pay a fine of £480,000 in relation to the death of worker Steven Berry in 2008. Mr Berry fell through a fragile...

 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012 subject to Parliamentary approval. New, detailed guidance has been published on HSE's website setting out how the scheme will work in practice. Developed in consultation with representatives from industry, it explains how FFI works and includes examples...

New official statistics published today show the number of workers fatally injured in Britain last year remains largely unchanged. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released provisional data for April 2011 to March 2012, which shows 173 workers were killed - down 2 from the previous year. The rate of fatal injury remains the same at 0.6 per 100,000 workers. Judith Hackitt, the HSE Chair,...

The HSE has launched it's Business Plan for 2012-15, which sets out the range of activities HSE will undertake over the next three years. The plan is a mix of continuing "business as usual" activities in many frontline areas whilst also delivering significant reform.  HSE intend to have: reduced and simplified the stock of regulation without reducing levels of protection made...

The European Commission (EC) Climate Change Committee (CCC) voted to approve the UK’s national auction platform for phase III and aviation auctions under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The European Union EmissionTrading System (EU ETS) is at the heart of UK Government policy to tackle climate change The rules governing the system are set out in the EU ETS Directive;...