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The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) serve to promote awareness of health and safety, to provide advice and guidance to individuals and organisations, to enforce legislation and regulations and to advise and participate in the development of regulations.
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) was a United Kingdom non-departmental public body. The HSC was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA).[1] It was formally established on 31 July 1974. The Commission consisted of a chairman and between six and nine other people, appointed by the appropriate Secretary of State, latterly the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after consultation.[2] The first meeting of the HSC took place on 1 October 1974. Its responsibilities covered England and Wales and Scotland. In Northern Ireland, its functions were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. It merged with the Health and Safety Executive on 1 April 2008.
