We are continuing with our summary of the main recommendations from Professor Löfstedt’s recent report to Government entitled: “Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation”. Following the report, The Government has announced plans to begin a major cut back of health and safety red tape as early as January next year. Of course, much of the detail regarding implementation of these recommendations is still to be finalised, but these are our views, based on information currently available.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) and the associated ACoP evaluation should be completed by April 2012 to ensure there is a clearer expression of duties, a reduction of bureaucracy and appropriate guidance for small projects.
This recommendation appears to be based around two main issues:
1/ The seemingly endless number of safety pre-qualification schemes within the construction industry and,
2/ The perception that CDM places an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on small and medium construction sites.
We expect to see a “slimming down” of pre-qualification schemes and a reduction of the paperwork required to comply with CDM.
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