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Further changes to ACOPs are being consulted on by the HSE. This time the Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare ACOP is under review with the intention of making changes as detailed on the HSE website:
 Following an initial consultation in June 2012, it was agreed by the HSE board that a number of Approved Code of Practices (ACOPs) would be revised in line with the recommendation by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt in his report ‘Reclaiming health and safety for all’.
A revised version of the Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare ACOP is now available for consultation. Changes include:
- Simplifying the language to clarify what duty holders must do to comply with the Workplace Regulations
- Updating the publication to include the provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 2002
- Improving guidance and reference to the most up-to-date and relevant standards of advice
- Removing out-of-date duties and requirements that are superseded by new regulations
This consultation began on 7 May 2013 and ends on 30 July 2013.
Responses should be sent by 30 July 2013 to:
Lorraine Newbury
Health and Safety Executive
5.S.G Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
Liverpool
L20 7HS
Email: workplaceconsultation@hse.gsi.gov.uk
Respond to the consultation using the online questionnaire or download a form  to complete.
The consultative document and a draft version of the revised ACOP is available from the Unionsafaety E-Library Database, and can be downloaded using the search category of ‘HSE Consultations’
Source: HSE
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