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Health, Safety and Environment Legislation : A Pocket Guide.
Title:
Health, Safety and Environment Legislation : A Pocket Guide.
Author:
Rowland, Edward.
ISBN:
9781847551047
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (359 pages)
Contents:
Health, Safety And Environment Legislation -- Contents -- A HEALTH AND SAFETY -- 1 GENERAL -- 1.1 General Framework -- 1.2 General Management Framework -- 1.3 Enforcement -- 1.4 Insurance -- 2 EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS -- 2.1 Accident Reporting -- 2.2 Emergency Services Notifications -- 2.3 Enforcement -- 2.4 Fire Certificates -- 2.5 Hazardous Substances Notification -- 2.6 Notifications of Presence of Hazardous Substances/Planning -- 2.7 Petroleum -- 2.8 Prevention of Major Accidents -- 2.9 Radiation - Emergency Provisions -- 2.10 Radioactive Substances Control -- 3 SUBSTANCES -- 3.1 Asbestos - Licensing -- 3.2 Asbestos - Work -- 3.3 Biocidal Products -- 3.4 Classification, Packaging and Labelling -- 3.5 Dangerous Goods Carriage -- 3.6 Hazardous Substances -- 3.7 Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases -- 3.8 Lead -- 3.9 New Substances -- 3.10 Radioactive Substances -- 3.11 Safety Advisers -- 4 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT -- 4.1 Batteries and Accumulators -- 4.2 Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers -- 4.3 Display Screen Equipment -- 4.4 Electricity -- 4.5 Explosive Atmospheres -- 4.6 Lifting - Mechanical -- 4.7 Personal Protective Equipment - Head Protection -- 4.8 Personal Protective Equipment - Work -- 4.9 Pressure Systems -- 4.10 Transportable Pressure Vessels -- 4.11 Work Equipment -- 5 PREMISES -- 5.1 Construction -- 5.2 Construction Premises -- 5.3 Safety Signs and Signals -- 5.4 Workplace -- 6 EMPLOYEES -- 6.1 Confined Spaces -- 6.2 Employee Consultation - with Employees -- 6.3 Employee Consultation - Information for Employees -- 6.4 First Aid -- 6.5 Genetically Modified Organisms -- 6.6 Manual Handling -- 6.7 Noise -- 6.8 Pregnant Women -- 6.9 Whistle-blowers -- 6.10 Working Time -- 6.11 Young Persons -- B ENVIRONMENT -- 7 INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL.

7.1 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) -- 7.2 PPCR Regulated Installations -- 8 AIR POLLUTION -- 8.1 Air Quality Standards -- 8.2 Air Quality Standards and Objectives -- 8.3 Asbestos -- 8.4 Clean Air -- 8.5 Climate Change Levy -- 8.6 Ozone-depleting Substances -- 8.7 Statutory Nuisances -- 8.8 Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels -- 9 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS -- 9.1 Deliberate Release and Marketing -- 10 WATER POLLUTION -- 10.1 Abandoned Mines -- 10.2 Discharges to Controlled Waters -- 10.3 Discharges to Sewers -- 10.4 Groundwater -- 10.5 Oil Storage -- 10.6 Prescribed Processes and Substances -- 10.7 Urban Waste Water Treatment -- 11 WASTE -- 11.1 Contaminated Land -- 11.2 Control of Waste Carriers -- 11.3 Duty of Care -- 11.4 Landfill Tax -- 11.5 Litter -- 11.6 Offshore Chemical Use or Discharge -- 11.7 Packaging Waste -- 11.8 Packaging Essential Requirements -- 11.9 Special Waste -- 11.10 Transfrontier Shipments -- 11.11 Waste Management -- 11.12 Waste Management Licensing -- 12 EXTERNAL NOISE -- 12.1 Miscellaneous -- 12.2 Noise in the Street -- 12.3 Outdoor Equipment -- 12.4 Road Vehicles -- 12.5 Statutory Nuisances -- 13 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS -- 13.1 Cadmium -- 13.2 Hexachloroethane -- 13.3 Mercury Compounds/DBB etc. -- 13.4 PCBs/PCTs -- 13.5 PCP -- 13.6 Ugilec 121/Ugilec 141/DBBT -- 14 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION -- 14.1 Ecolabelling -- 14.2 Environmental Information -- 15 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT -- 15.1 Environment Impact -- 15.2 Land Use and Development Control -- 16 NATURE CONSERVATION -- 16.1 Protection of Wildlife and Countryside -- 17 ENERGY CONSERVATION -- 17.1 Energy Information - Certain Appliances -- 17.2 Building - Energy Usage -- Subject Index -- Useful Guides Cited in the Text -- Chemical Abbreviations.
Abstract:
This guide will be useful to all employers and employees, but especially so to those employed to advise their colleagues on health, safety and environmental law.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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