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For further information on the principal designer’s responsibilities and remit, consult the following: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/51 (CDM Regs 2015) HSE Guidance on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 CONIAC Industry guidance for Principal Designers Practice Note: CDM Regulations 2015—the role of the principal designer Appointment of the principal designer On any project involving more than one contractor, the client is required to appoint the principal designer formally and in writing. This appointment should be made as soon as practicable and, in any case, before the construction phase begins, without delay...

For further information about the responsibilities of the contractor and the principal contractor, consult: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/51 (CDM Regs 2015) HSE Guidance on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 CONIAC Industry guidance for Contractors CONIAC Industry guidance for Principal Contractors Practice Note: CDM Regulations 2015—the role of the contractor and principal contractor Duties of all contractors A contractor must: confirm, prior to taking on the appointment, that it possesses the necessary skills, knowledge and experience and, where it is an organisation, the organisational capability, to discharge its role in a way that safeguards the health and safety of anyone impacted by the project before starting work, ensure the client is aware of their duties under the CDM Regs 2015 (see Practice Note: CDM Regulations 2015—the role of the client) ...

For further detail on the client’s role, consult: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/51 (CDM Regs 2015) HSE guidance on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 CONIAC industry guidance for clients Practice note: CDM Regulations 2015—the role of the client Identifying the 'client' Where the identity of the 'client' under the CDM Regs 2015 is unclear, ask who: determines what will be built, where, when and by whom commissions the design and the construction sets the project in motion sits at the head of the procurement chain appoints the contractors and the designers If more than one 'client' exists, the CDM Regs 2015 apply to every client. Where there are multiple 'clients', the parties can agree in writing who will take the client role for the purposes of the CDM Regs 2015...

In this issue: Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&A Energy efficiency and buildings The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued its 2025 post‑implementation review (PIR) of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1643). Using Phase 3 compliance notifications from the Environment Agency, together with unpublished interim data from Phase 3 action plans, and building on the 2020 PIR, it recommends holding off any major amendments to the ESOS Regulations until a full evaluation ends in May 2026, after which a comprehensive PIR will be completed. The research evaluates how energy audits and reporting identify and deliver energy efficiency savings across organisations. See: LNB News 14/08/2025 6...

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In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Refusal to repurpose evidence in civil proceedings for criminal charging decision (WFZ v British Broadcasting Corp) The High Court has recently clarified the circumstances in which a party will be permitted to rely on witness statements outside the proceedings in which they were first served. In ongoing injunction proceedings aimed at stopping publication of a BBC investigative report into sexual abuse allegations, the court determined that the accused could not use sensitive excerpts from that report in representations to the...

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) sets out broad duties to protect the health and safety of employees and others affected by work. Not complying with these duties is a criminal offence, prosecutable in either the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. For details of the duties under HSWA 1974, ss 2–7, see the following Practice Notes: Failure to carry out health and safety duties under HSWA 1974—offences Safety and the risk to safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Employees' duties to take reasonable care for health and safety at work Directors’ duties for health and safety Health and safety law and the self-employed This Practice Note highlights those HSWA 1974 offences that can only be tried in the magistrates’ courts. Summary only health and safety offences The health and safety offences that are triable only in the magistrates’ court are: Breach of provisions relating...

The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH 2015), SI 2015/483, seeks to avert major workplace accidents and establish controls so that, if an incident does occur, the consequences for people and the environment are limited. COMAH 2015 operates by defining core duties for all obligated sites/businesses and also sets a tiered regime, imposing tighter controls on businesses handling dangerous substances above stated thresholds. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issues guidance on applying the COMAH regime, and operators are urged to follow it, and to review and update, where necessary, risk assessments and emergency arrangements under COMAH. This supports ongoing compliance and risk reduction. Legislative framework COMAH 2015 received Royal Assent in March 2015 and came into force on 1 June 2015. COMAH 2015 implemented the requirements of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Directive 96/82/EC (Seveso III), which was published in July...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE : From 6 April 2026, section 35 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 is brought into force (by regulation 3 of The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/323). It obliges employers to maintain records sufficient to demonstrate, and adequate to show, whether they have complied in full with the entitlements in regulations 13(1) (annual leave), 13A(1) (additional annual leave), 15B(2) (annual leave for irregular and part-year workers) and 16(1) (holiday pay), and with the requirements in regulations 14(2) (payment in lieu of annual leave), 14(6) (payment in lieu of annual leave) and 15E(2) (payment in lieu of annual leave for irregular and part-year workers) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833, and to retain those records for six years from the date of creation by employers. This duty applies in addition to that in WTR 1998, regulation 9 (see: Working time records below). This Practice Note is being updated to reflect these changes....

1 Persons involved Name of person needing first aid [ Enter name of injured person ] Job title/role (if employed) Status (if not a worker, e.g. client/customer/visitor) Injured person’s address 2 About the accident Date and time of incident Exact location (room/area) and site address Summary of events (if known) [ Describe how the accident happened, if known ] Witnesses [ List witness name(s) and address(es) ] 3 About the injury Injury description [ Insert details of the injury ] Affected body part(s) Severity: minor/moderate/severe/severe requiring hospital treatment First aid provided and first aider’s name Taken to hospital? Yes/No Hospital details; if No, next destination (e.g. home/back to work) Reportable to the Health and Safety Executive? Yes/No/Not known If Yes, date referred to the organisation’s Health and Safety manager/representative(s)/officer(s) 4 Person completing this record I confirm...

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1 Introduction 1.1 This policy provides a summary of the Company’s measures to ensure we fulfil our health and safety duties towards employees and wider stakeholders, including people visiting our sites and anyone impacted by our activities, effectively and consistently. 1.2 This policy is non-contractual, and the Company may change it at any time. 1.3 The Company intends this policy to serve as guidance to support our continuing operational decision-making, and as a benchmark against which any procedures put in place can be evaluated...