Question reference: S4W-26171
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 17 June 2015
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 June 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to create an independent regulatory body to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for all public bodies.
Answer
The regulation of workplace health and safety in Scotland is reserved to the UK Government under the Scotland Act 1998. The regulation and inspection of health and safety in workplaces is undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive and Scottish local authorities as co-regulators.