Monitor & Maintain Health & Safety Practice in the Salon
ASSIGNMENT 1: a) Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
(HASAWA) An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.
[31st July 1974]
Preliminary
• The provisions of this Act is to secure the health, safety and welfare of persons at work;
• Protecting persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work;
• Controlling the keeping and use of explosive or highly flammable or otherwise dangerous substances, and generally preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of such substances;
• Controlling the emission into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises of any class prescribed
ASSIGNMENT 1: b) The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992
“Workplace” means, any premises or part of premises, which are not domestic premises and are made available to any person as a place of work, and includes any place within the premises to which such person has access while at work.
This includes, any room, lobby, corridor, staircase, road or other place used as a means of access to or egress from that place of work or where facilities are provided for use in connection with the place of work other than a public road.
Every employer must ensure that every workplace, modification, extension or conversion, which is under
(HASAWA) An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.
[31st July 1974]
Preliminary
• The provisions of this Act is to secure the health, safety and welfare of persons at work;
• Protecting persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work;
• Controlling the keeping and use of explosive or highly flammable or otherwise dangerous substances, and generally preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of such substances;
• Controlling the emission into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises of any class prescribed
ASSIGNMENT 1: b) The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992
“Workplace” means, any premises or part of premises, which are not domestic premises and are made available to any person as a place of work, and includes any place within the premises to which such person has access while at work.
This includes, any room, lobby, corridor, staircase, road or other place used as a means of access to or egress from that place of work or where facilities are provided for use in connection with the place of work other than a public road.
Every employer must ensure that every workplace, modification, extension or conversion, which is under