HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATIONS Occupational health and safety legislations are enforced to regulate the standards of workplace health and safety with the main aim of preventing workplace accidents‚ injuries and diseases. They also outline consequences for breaches of such standards. They provide‚ in detail‚ the responsibilities of employers‚ supervisors‚ and of employees. Generally‚ the legislations require the employer to do everything they can rationally do to protect the health and safety of their
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The current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people includes the following. The Children Act 1989 (legislation) – this act focus on safeguarding children and the duties of local authorities. It identifies the responsibility of parents and anyone working with children to ensure the safety and welfare of the child is paramount. Local Authority has a ‘duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely
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1: Summarise key aspects of legislation‚ regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own role and responsibilities LO - 1.3: Evaluate own role and responsibilities in Lifelong Learning Sector Data Protection Act 1998 “The Act is to protect the rights and privacy of individuals‚ and to ensure that data about them are not processed without their knowledge and are processed with their consent wherever possible. The Act covers personal data relating to living individuals‚ and defines
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Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Safeguarding means taking steps to ensure children and young people feel safe and secure within the home and the setting‚ protecting them from abuse and neglect‚ ensuring that they stay safe and continue to positively develop physically‚ emotionally and mentally into adulthood. The table below is an outline of the main‚ current legislation affecting the
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Delegated legislation in its various forms is a necessary source of law in a progressive society. Parliament simply cannot keep up with the need for law reform demanded by society. The government formed within Parliament has to fulfill the promised reforms (among other agenda) and there is definite pressure to see that these reforms are passed within the particular session. The lack of specialized knowledge among MPs’ make DL a necessary avenue to ensure reasonable and effective content of the law
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Definition of Subsidiary legislation in section 2 of the Interpretation Act 1948 and 1967 to mean‚ any proclamation rule‚ regulation‚ order‚ notification‚ by-law or other instrument made under any Ordinance‚ Enactment or other lawful authority and having legislative effect. This category of law has become important as the business of government to gets more complicated. Subsidiary Legislations are made by the people or bodies who are authorized by the legislatures. The Interpretation Act 1967
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Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with sever deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of prices to a minimum. A rising rate of inflation can potentially have beneficial and negative effects on an economy. One possible consequence of a rising rate of inflation is the impact on savers. Inflation leads to a rise in the general price level so that money loses its value. When inflation is high‚ people may lose confidence in money as the real value of savings is severely
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In this essay it will discuss legislation and policy the difference between these are a policy is a document that outlines what the government is going to do‚it is a course of action that a government plans to take‚ it is a plan that the government may take in time this does not mean that the policies will actually be done or that they will actually be successful in the helping of the person or organisation reach their long term goal needs or wants. legislation is a statutory law this means they
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“The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is concerned about the nursing shortage and is working with schools‚ policy makers‚ kindred organizations‚ and the media to bring attention to this health care crisis. AACN is working to enact legislation‚ identify strategies and form collaborations to address the nursing shortage.” (AACN). Joint Commission on
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The FSMA legislation targets the issue of food safety for the public and how to better prevent foodborne illnesses‚ which are considered infectious topic of public health since these diseases are mostly caused by bacteria‚ viruses and parasites that may be foodborne. These diseases place significant burden on the US population‚ as about 48 million Americans become sick annually while 128000 people are hospitalized and 3000 die from foodborne illnesses‚ affecting many communities nationally and not
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