REVISION OF CDM REGULATIONS INDUSTRY MEETING

HSE declare upcoming CDM deliberations ‘closed’ to the public

The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) advises HSE on the protection of people at work (and others) from hazards to health and safety within the building, civil engineering and engineering construction industry. Membership of CONIAC is tripartite comprising representation from key industry stakeholders.

The committee was reconstituted at the beginning of 2013 with a refreshed membership reflecting the HSE desire to “work in partnership with intermediary groups in the construction industry”.

The aim is to take forward new ways of working with the constituencies represented on CONIAC.

Legal and policy issues to be discussed in “confidence”

Meetings of CONIAC are usually open to the public.

However, the meeting on 20 November 2013 will largely be devoted to in confidence discussion of “legal and policy issues” in connection with the proposed revision of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.

HSE has declared that as a departure from usual practice the meeting will not be open to the public.

The legal and policy issues on the agenda are likely to include:

Copy out – compliance with Government ‘copy out’ requirement for EU laws;
Domestic client – imposition of statutory duties on domestic client;
Simplification – structural simplification of CDM to improve SME understanding;
ACOP – removal of the Approved Code of Practice;
CDM-C – removal of CDM co-ordinator role and allocation of project ‘Preparation Coordinator’ role;
Designer duties – maintaining designer duties whilst remaing in compliance with the EU Directive; and
Competence – removal of explicit competence requirements.

The draft CDM Statutory Instrument, supporting impact assessment and draft consultative document must be approved by the HSE Board and Ministers.

HSE must also seek an opinion on the validity of the impact assessment from the independent Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC).

Current CONIAC members and observers

Name	Organisation
Alan Muddiman	Civil Engineering Contractors Association
Steve Murphy	UCATT
Andrew Butt	Observer for Office of Government Commerce
David Parsons	National Federation of Builders
Gilbert Barron	Observer for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Edward Fendt	Specialist Engineering Contractors Group
Richard Habgood	Construction Industry Council
Jason Rowley	UK Contractors Group
John Scott	National Specialist Contractors Council
Kevin Fear	ConstructionSkills
Kevin Minton	Construction Plant-hire Association
Clive Johnson	Construction Clients’ Group
Vacant	Unite (Amicus section)
Paul Haxell	Home Builders Federation
Peter Caplehorn	Construction Industry Council
Jerry Nelson	GMB
Rob Gutteridge	Federation of Master Builders
Philip White (Chair)	Health and Safety Executive
Richard Ash	Engineering Construction Industry Association
Susan Murray	Unite (T&G section)

This article was posted on 19th November 2013 in ALL LATEST NEWS, CDM 2007, CDM 2015, REGULATION.
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