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Originally Posted by Peter_
They are not rules, they are enabling Acts, Regulations companies and local authorities cannot make up their own rules as that is illegal and would be a criminal act punishable by a hefty fine and possibly jail.
You cannot make up your own health and safety rules regardless of how big a company you may be that is why the law is there to prevent such things from happening.
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I have worked on many ,many building sites and each and every one has there own H&S rules unique to the main contractor who follows HSE regulations such as hard hats, boots, high viz,etc and then they supplement these with there own ,which are then further supplemented by sub contractor rules .
Example ,nowhere in HSE rules does it say that ladders cannot be used and yet one company i worked with does not allow ladders on site as part of their own h&s rules which any company is perfectly at liberty to do.The good thing though is that the HSE can be contacted if there is a worry that some jumped up jerk compromises H&S by enforcing ill thought out rules such as the no ladder rule and they can overrule ,i personally have been involved in such a case