The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to become the sole regulator for all safety issues associated with electricity transmission and distribution, following transfer of part of the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) Engineering Inspectorate.

The move will implement a recommendation made in last year’s Hampton report on regulation (see Notes to editors). Following the transfer, scheduled to take effect in October, HSE will become the thematic regulator dealing with both employee and public safety within this sector. Industry stakeholders have already been consulted and agree that a single regulator for safety matters would be advantageous.

Source: www.hse.gov.uk (accessed 01/09/06)

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