nightjar nightjar@ wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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nightjar nightjar@ wrote:

"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
news

If ordinary people can read for themselves what the rights and wrongs
of a matter this has got to be better than hearing snippets from
BG and CORGI 'priests'.


You can do that down my local Public Library.

Unfortunately, you can only print off ten percent of the content.
I ran into this problem when I wanted to get hold of a B.S. for ladders
for school. I went to my local library and they gave me a PIN number and
told me to go to the central library, where I could brows on line. Not
much good to me when I have to prove to HSE that I am complying with the
reg.


I have never had HSE, or our Quality Auditors, ask to see a copy of a BS to
demonstrate compliance. They have their own copies of any relevant ones and
usually know them off by heart anyway.

The first point of contact with the HSE at school is the HSE designated
teacher/teaching assistant. I was asked if the ladders complied. (I
doubt very much they do and I am more that capable of examining ladders,
both wooden and aluminium, for integrity. Its just that I have no county
qualifications to do so.) I told the HSE at school that she would have
to provide me with any copies of HSE regs that she wanted me to work to.
That was more that 6 months ago and I have had no further contact on the
matter.

On another subject...

If you work at a school as 'site supervisor' (the new name for
caretaker,) you will find yourself in a lone worker environment. When I
asked the head teacher about the lone working policy, she said that she
would look into it. I told her not to bother, as it would only open up
another can of worms (the first being the BSI ladder problem)

Just why does modern law take out of our control so many matters?
Sorry to answer my own question.
It must be this control freak government.

Im on the side of Ed on this. If I want to see what a particular act of
parliament says, I can sit and read it in my local library. Why is it not
the same for a B.S?


You have paid the cost of 'free' access to the Act through taxes, but BSI
cannot collect their income that way.

No, but they collect it through what I purchase though ;-)

Dave