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| Originally Posted by AdmiralHanson After looking at H&S law in general quite a bit at the moment, the thing about an ACOP is that is not 'law' .... Merely a way of doing things. If you get citied under an ACOP, isn't up to you to prove that the method you are doing it is as safe or safer than the 'recommended' practice ? |
But part of my argument is that you don't want to have to prove anything in court. It's a lot of worry and hassle. The other part, from the section you quoted, is that a lawyer would read "a suitable person" in HSE speak as one who's done the relevant course. If you haven't, you'd have to go to court and try to prove that that wasn't the HSE's intention when the ACOPs was drafted. The HSE would, of course, act as a witness on your behalf in a civil case. Not.
The long and the short of it is that the potential hassle involved in teaching stopped it being worthwhile for me. Other people have their own levels of hassle tolerance, just as others do dives I wouldn't dream of.
Regards,
Mark