Posted By Paul Leadbetter
John

An interesting approach! The 1974 Act weighs 200 grammes as originally printed by HMSO and cost £1.50.

Paul

Posted By jom
Paul is leading at 200 gramme. At Pnd1.50, what a bargain.

Adrian's just being silly.

Any increases on 200 g?

You can include regs. Codes of Practice don't count. Has to be law.

John.

Posted By jom
Paul,

>Unfortunately, apart from the Act, I always get >the ACoP or guidance so I can't add anymore to >your quest.

No Problem. Tis a silly quest.

Posted By Jonathan Sandler CMIOSH
SORRY, Please note THE ASHES ONLY WEIGHS 3ozs and is only 4 inches in height.

This small thing can reduce a country to its knees. ITS OURS and you are not getting it back.

So how big is yours.
Signed a BIG Pommy B***T*£!

Posted By jom
>encyclopaedia of Health and Safety law and >practice, it’s about 12 kg in total with no >acops.

Good grief. Sounds like a health hazard all on its own.

I think the computer age has wrecked my quest. How does one weigh a pdf file?

John.

PS - Have you Brits checked, really checked, what's in that little urn? Maybe we've still got the ashes.

Posted By Frank Hallett
OK folks - for what it's worth, I don't believe that how heavy in the physical sense the legislation [or the Ashes] matters; it's the balance presented between the following that really counts:-
How easy is the legislation to actually understand when taken as a composite bundle?
Are the legislative targets fixed or forever moving ever tighter due to a range of imperatives outside the control of those being "enforced"?
How easy it is to really meet the targets for everyone concerned?
What mechansism to ensure an even, equitable enforcement regime is put in place and maintained?
Are the politicians kept away from the sytem once it's been set up? If not, what checks and balances are put in place to ensure that the "improvements" are never for political gain?
Are there sufficient incentives built into the legislation [not the tinkering with the process of enforcement] to persuade all but the most recalcitrant employer/self-employed person to do more than give it simple lip-service when questioned by the enforcing body as to what they do?
Is there an absolutely independant system of appeals and overseeing of the system [similar to the UK PCC]?

Yes, it's still curmudgeonly "Bah, Humbug". I've just read the latest missives from the nearest thing to a professional body for my status that I can find - The Federation of Small Businesses - and whilst I don't support much of the politics they espouse; they've definitely got the above right in their sights.

Frank Hallett