Workplace Report April 2021

Health & safety news

Consultation on product safety laws

A government call for evidence on updating and modernising the UK product safety framework is “exploring changes” to laws which are over 30 years old, to ensure they work for emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and 3D printing. Much of the UK’s product safety regime was previously underpinned by European Union law.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-product-safety-review-call-for-evidence