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Admin		#1 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:01:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By paul debney Can somebody with the workplace regs acop please clarify are the temperature parameters 16 and 13 degree C Acop or guidance?
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Admin		#2 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:06:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Bill Elliott ACOP
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Admin		#3 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:07:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Pierre de Carteret Why not check out the SI website at http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm
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Admin		#4 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:10:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By paul debney pierre, I have the regs, temperatures are not mentioned in the workplace regs. As you probably know Acop has a different legal bearing compared to guidance
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Admin		#5 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:41:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Jack Temperatures are mentioned in the Regs: they must be 'reasonable'. The ACoP clarifies what a reasonable minimum temperature would be and indicates that 'reasonable steps' must be taken if the temperature is uncomfortably high.
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Admin		#6 Posted : 15 February 2006 11:52:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By paul debney ok no specific temperatures eg 16 or 13 degrees are mentioned.
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Admin		#7 Posted : 15 February 2006 12:06:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Brian Hagyard Paul. The temperatures are not mentioned in the regulation.16 degrees for normal workrooms and 13 degrees where work involves physical effort are stated in paragraph 42 which is an ACOP paragraph not a guidance paragraph. Other people have already commented on the standing of the ACOP. Brian
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Admin		#8 Posted : 15 February 2006 12:38:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By paul debney Thanks Brian
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Admin		#9 Posted : 16 February 2006 12:07:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By terry mallard ACOP-unless you meet requirements of an ACOP, you must meet the same equally and effective standard. Failing to comply with an ACOP unless above steps are taken can be sited as an offence............... If you want to fight your corner-it will be the Courts you will have your say.
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Admin		#10 Posted : 16 February 2006 13:35:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Ashley Williams Just to confirm that an EHO in my area did successfully prosecute a pet shop in Suffolk for this offence. It was quite funny on the TV when a unison spokesman said they had breached the regulations for the entire 80 years the company had operated. Ash
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Admin		#11 Posted : 16 February 2006 15:50:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Mike Draper There is separate CIBSE guidance that for sedentary work the minimum temperature should be 19 deg C.
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