Author Topic: FRS Circular 39/2009  (Read 4648 times)

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FRS Circular 39/2009
« on: July 09, 2009, 04:43:00 PM »
This circular draws attention to the recently published Consultation document on the transposition of the Framework Directive on Health and Safety of Workers into the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/fire/fsc392009

Since the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO), Communities and Local Government (CLG) has been working to complete the transposition tables for the FSO.  These are designed to satisfy the European Commission that EU legislation is properly transposed into Member State law.  In completing the transposition tables, CLG has discovered a gap in the implementation of the Framework Directive which needs to be rectified.

The government propose to make new regulations under RRO Article 24 with a Staturory Instrument Fire Safety (Employee Capabilities). Alterations will be along the lines of;
the employer shall, taking into account the nature of the activities of the enterprise
andd/or establishment...where he entrusts tasks to a worker, take into consideration
the worker’s capabilities as regards health and safety’


Interesting, the consultation period ends October with possible changes in Feb 2010