9. Identify key pieces of legislation that relate to moving and assisting
There
are 4 key pieces of legislation that relate to moving and assisting. These
are in addition to the Health and Safety at Work Act which was covered earlier
in Standard 13.
These are:
-MHOR
-LOLER
-WHSWR
-PUWER
-Don’t panic!
For now, you don’t need to understand the detail about this
legislation.
Health and Safety Executive
You need to know that they exist. You will have learnt
more about the relevant bits if you have done moving and handling training
which is required before you move anyone unsupervised.
If you are interested, you can find more about each one
from the Health and Safety Executive’s website using the links below.
Health and Safety
Executive – MHOR
Health and Safety
Executive – WHSWR
Health and Safety
Executive – LOLER
Health and Safety
Executive – PUWER
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