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News Release from: HSE Health and Safety Executive
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 03 October 2006
HSE expands its regulatory authority
Regulation simplified as HSE becomes sole electricity safety watchdog.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to become the sole regulator for all safety issues associated with electricity transmission and distribution, following transfer of part of the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) Engineering Inspectorate The move will implement a recommendation made in last year's Hampton report on regulation
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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HSE will become the thematic regulator dealing with both employee and public safety within this sector.
Industry stakeholders have already been consulted and agree that a single regulator for safety matters would be advantageous.
Welcoming the move Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, minister for health and safety said, "The transfer shows the continuing commitment to the principles of better regulation set out in last years Hampton report, it ensures that safety remains paramount whilst simplifying matters for industry by ensuring that there will now be only one safety regulator to report incidents or injuries to.".
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