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  1. See Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, ss.2, 3, 4, and 6. (hereafter H.S.W. Act).

  2. Safety and Health at Work 1972 (H.M.S.O. Cmnd. 5034).

  3. H.S.W. Act s.3.

  4. Ibid. H.S.W. s.6.

  5. E.g. see James Jackson,Health and Safety — The New Law, London, Commercial Publications, 1974, 119–120.

  6. S. 52.

  7. See Health and Safety Commission, Consultative Document:Notification of New Substances (H.M.S.O. 1981).

  8. Management Responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (Middlesex Polytechnic 1980).

  9. See e.g. The Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 S.I. No. 804 and The Control of Lead at work Regulations 1980 S.I. No. 1248. See also R. W. L. Howells, “Deregulation…”, IV(1)Liverpool Law Review (1982),

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  35. Ibid. at 5.

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This article was originally delivered as a conference paper in Florida in August 1981. The text has been slightly altered for publication.

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Barrett, B.N. The impact of deregulation at the workplace in the U.K.. Liverpool Law Rev 4, 29–46 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03185306

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