Following the Health and Safety Commission's (HSC's) three month consultation on the revised Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations, it has been announced that an agreement has been made, with the backing of the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) CDM Review Working group, to implement in Spring 2007.
The revised Regulations will bring together provisions in the existing CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) (CHSW) Regulations 1996 into a single regulatory package.
Stephen Williams, HSE's Chief Inspector of Construction said:
"The revised CDM Regulations will replace the two key sets of existing regulations. When we began our review of those regulations, the HSC set us some important and challenging objectives. HSE and its partners believe we are well on the way to producing a set of replacement Regulations which will achieve those objectives, but we would be selling ourselves short if we rushed our proposals through.
"We need more time to make sure we get the changes right and the industry also needs to have adequate time to familiarise itself with the finalised CDM package."
Stephen Ratcliffe from the Construction Confederation said:
"We recognise the importance of getting these changes right. Moving the proposed implementation date forward gives us more time to prepare guidance for our members, and this will form an important part of the overall package."
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HSE announces new timetable for construction design regulations
Article by Alexandra Johnston
