Safety and Health Acts : Annotated and Consolidated

Safety and Health legislation has become increasingly complex.

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Chemicals Act 2008, and the Fire Services Act 1981 have all been amended many times and are now the subject of a growing body of case law.

Similarly, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 to 2012 now contain 194 Regulations and 12 Schedules when you take into account all the amendments since 2007. Safety and Health Legislation: Annotated and Consolidated is the only book that provides the full up-to-date, consolidated text of the main Acts and Regulations in this area, along with authoritative commentary on each section of the key Acts.

It makes navigating the legislation this area much more straightforward. KEY FEATURES* Full up-to-date consolidated text, alongside detailed section by section annotations of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, Chemicals Act 2008, and Fire Services Act 1981* Full up-to-date consolidated text of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 to 2012* User-friendly ?

Presents the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 to 2012 with each of the 18 elements in the Regulations presented in separate and easy-to-navigate sub-divisions so you can find the relevant Regulations followed immediately by the Schedule to which they refer* Full up-to-date consolidated text of other key Regulations, including the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2001 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013About the AuthorRaymond Byrne is a barrister and Director of Research with the Law Reform Commission.

He is the author of Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Law in Ireland (2nd edition, 2008).

In 2011, he was awarded IOSH Ireland?s Safety Person of the Year.

He is also co-author of Byrne & McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System (5th edition, 2009) and of the Annual Review of Irish Law series (in its 26th year in 2013).