HSE Establish Independent Regulatory Challenge Panel
7 January 2012
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting a new independent panel to consider challenges to health and safety regulatory advice.
The new panel, which will look into issues raised by business where they believe a HSE or local authority health and safety inspector has given advice that is incorrect or disproportionate. The panel will not look at issues where other independent appeals processes exist, such as for enforcement notices or prosecutions.
For more detail on this see HSE News.