Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Alterations Notice
requiring this is in force in 
relation to the premises.
The prescribed information is:
(a) the 
signifi cant fi ndings of the assessment, including 
the measures which have been or will be taken 
by the responsible person, and
(b) any group of persons identifi ed by the assessment 
as being especially at risk.
The responsible person must make and record (as per 
risk assessments) arrangements as are appropriate, for 
the effective planning, organization, control, monitoring 
and review of the preventive and protective measures.
17.16.5
Principles of prevention to be applied 
and Fire safety arrangements Articles 
10 and 11
Preventive and protective measures must be imple-
mented on the basis of the principles specifi ed in Part 
3 of Schedule 1 as follows which broadly the same as 
those in the Management Regulations.
Principles of prevention
The principles are:
(a) avoiding 
risks
(b) evaluating the risks which cannot be avoided
(c) combating the risks at source
(d) adapting to technical progress
(e) replacing the dangerous by the non-dangerous or 
less dangerous
(f) developing a coherent overall prevention policy 
which covers technology, organization of work and 
the infl uence of factors relating to the working 
environment
(g) giving collective protective measures priority over 
individual protective measures, and
(h) giving appropriate instructions to employees.
Fire Safety arrangements must be made and put into 
effect by the responsible person where fi ve or more 
people are employed, there is a licence for the premises 
or an Alterations Notice requires them to be recorded. 
The arrangements must cover effective planning, organ-
ization, control, monitoring and review of the preventa-
tive and protective measures.