Pieces of legislation/regulations

Question 1

Contsructin Design Management 2015

Answer 1

• Aims to reduce H&S risks in construction
• Applies to all projects
• Give roles and duties to parties
• Redcues health and safty risks through planning, communication and cooperation

Question 2

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Answer 2

Primiary piece of occupational H&S legislation in the UK
Sets duties:
- Employers have a duty toward employees and members of public
- Employees have a duty toward eachtoher and themselves
- Certain self e,ployed have a responsibility toward themselves and others

Question 3

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

Answer 3

• Prohibits the use of asbestos containing materials
• Sets out requirements for non-domestic property owners to identify and manage
• If works are going to disturb asbestos a risk assessment is required
• Sets out three types of works:
• Licensed: Licesnsed contractor required. Most works. If exposure is 0.1fibres/cm3/minute
• Non-Licsned: Anyone can do. Sproadic, short term. Exposure is 0.6fibres/cm3/10 minute
• Notifiable Non-Licensed: If works are short term but repetitive.

Question 4

Data Protection Act 2018

Answer 4

Sets out principlse on how organisations can use peoples data:
- used fairly, lawfully and transparently
- used for specified, explicit purposes
- used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary
- accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
- kept for no longer than is necessary
- handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction or damage
It also gives people rights to find out:
be informed about how your data is being used
- access personal data
- have incorrect data updated
- have data erased
- stop or restrict the processing of your data
- data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
- object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances

Question 5

Equality Act 2010

Answer 5

Provides protection against disicriminiation in the followings situations:
- Work
- Education
- Public services
- As a consumer
- Buying/Renting a property
- Clubs/ private association
It also sets out 9 protected characteristics
- Sex
- Age
- Regligous beliefs
- Marital Status
- Disability
- Race
- Gener reassignment
- Sexual orientatio
- Pregnancy

Question 6

Climate Change Act 2008

Answer 6

• UKS commitment to reduce the affects of Green House Gases
• Throught he target of reducing net zero affect of GHG’s by 2050
• It sets out a framework of how to achieve the target
• Through the use of carbon budgets, which are caps on teh amount of ghg’s emitted by industries

Question 7

S11 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

Answer 7

• Places non-excludable obligations on landlords to keep properties in repair
• They must maintain
• Structure
• All services
• Electricity
• Gas
• Water
• Heating
• They must be in repair at the start of a tenancy and maintained all the way through
• The landlord must be notified to complete repair before being held liable

Question 8

Housing Act 2005

Answer 8

• Set out more requirements for landlords
• HMO licensing
• Tenancy deposit scheme
• HHSRS Housing Health and Safety rating system
• Main piece of legislation local authorities use

Question 9

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order)

Answer 9

• Places obligations on responsible people of premisis to complete a fire risk assessment and review regularly
• Relates to all places of works and communal areas of flats
• Responsible person is anyone who has an element of control of a building or an area of one
• Fire risk assessment must:
• Identify potential places/causes for fiires to start
• Make recommendations for the reduction in the likelyhood of it starting
• Introduce measures to keep all people safe

Question 10

Fire Safety Act 2021

Answer 10

• Made RFO 2005 more robust
• Any residential accomodation with 2+ dwellings needed FRA
• FRA incuded flat entrance doors and external walls
• Introduced the FRAPT (fire risk assessment prioritisation tool)
  Buildings 2+ dwellings
• FRAPT
• Residents get FRA info
• Info on Fire doors
  Buildings between 11 and 17.9M
• Annual checks of Front entrance, quarterly checks of communal
  Builings 18m+
• Secure information box
• Design and materials of external walls
• Floor plans and building plan
• Lifts and fire fighting equipment
• Wayfind signage

Question 11

Fire Safety Act 2021

Answer 11

• Made RFO 2005 more robust
• Any residential accomodation with 2+ dwellings needed FRA
• FRA incuded flat entrance doors and external walls
• Introduced the FRAPT (fire risk assessment prioritisation tool)
  Buildings 2+ dwellings
• FRAPT
• Residents get FRA info
• Info on Fire doors
  Buildings between 11 and 17.9M
• Annual checks of Front entrance, quarterly checks of communal
  Builings 18m+
• Secure information box
• Design and materials of external walls
• Floor plans and building plan
• Lifts and fire fighting equipment
• Wayfind signage