UK Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations for Schools

1.   Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995
2.   Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004
3.   Asbestos (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1998
4.   Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2000
5.   Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002
6.   Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002
7.   Education (Schools and Further and Higher Education) Regulations 1989
8.   Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
9.   Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969
10. Environmental Protection Act 1990
11. Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (revoked)
12. The Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995
13. The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995
14. Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991
15. Food Safety Act 1990
16. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
17. Health & Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996
18. Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
19. Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
20. Health and Safety (Training for Employment) Regulations 1990
21. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA)
22. Ionising Radiation Regulations 1998
23 Ionising Radiations (Outside Workers) Regulations 1993
24. Occupier's Liability Act 1998
25. Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPEWR) (Schedule 2 Part IX revoked)
26. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
27. Public Service Vehicles (Carrying capacity) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
28. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
29. Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2002
30. The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
31. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
31aThe Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004
32. The Education Act 1996
33. The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
34. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
35. The Minibus and Other Section 19 Permit Buses (Amendment) Regulations 2002
36. The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977
37. The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999
38. The Health and Safety (Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (Schedule 3 Part II paragraph 1(a) and (b) revoked)
39. Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
40. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
41. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
42. The Disability Rights Commission Act 1999
43. The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
44. The Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1998 (Subsumed into Management Regs.)
45. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 1999
46. The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998
47. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR)
48. The Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999
49. The Lifts Regulations 1997
50. The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999
51. Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002
52. Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002
53. The Minibus and Other Section 19 Permit Buses (Amendment) Regulations 2002
54. The Management of Asbestos in non-domestic Premises. Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.
55. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2003
56. The Asbestos (Prohibitions) Regulations 2003
57. The Management of Health and Safety at Work and Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
58. The Work at Height Regulations 2005
59. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
60. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
61. Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007
62. The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007

This list of UK legislation will be relevant to most organisations, but was prepared solely for inclusion as an appendix to a particular school's Health, Safety and Welfare Policy. This is a voluntarily maintained site and, whilst care has been taken in its preparation, no guarantee is given as to accuracy or currency of the documents listed. Although many regulations are listed, there may be omissions in relation to schools, and legislation specific to other industries has been omitted. Copyright remains with HSE/HMSO etc.