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UCL Safety Committee

Terms of Reference

The Safety Committee is constituted in accordance with the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations (1977) as amended by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1992) and the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations (1996).

Subject to any general or particular direction that may from time to time be given by the Health and Safety Management Team, the Safety Committee is charged by Council:

1. To provide a forum for consultation between UCL Management and representatives from the Trades Unions on health and safety matters.
2. To promote co-operation between UCL and its employees in instigating, developing and carrying out measures to ensure the health and safety at work of the employees. In order to achieve this objective the Safety Committee will:
• Study accident and notifiable disease statistics and trends.
• Examine summaries of safety audit and inspection reports.
• Consider reports and factual information provided by inspectors of the enforcing authorities appointed under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
• Consider reports that trade union safety representatives may wish to submit.
• Assist in the development of arrangements for the organisation of safety within UCL and any safe systems of work taking due note of any new Regulations.
• Consider the effectiveness of the safety content of employees training.
• Consider the adequacy of safety and health communication and publicity within UCL.
• Provide a link with enforcing authorities.
• Consider any other matter relevant to the Committee's overall objective.

1. To report to the Health and Safety Management Team by submission to the Health and Safety Management Team officers of the Minutes of each meeting of the Safety Committee.

These terms of reference are in the process of being consulted upon with a view to revision.

Minutes of the meetings can be accessed here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/staff/committees/safety-committee/index.shtml

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/efd/safety/