Posted By Tony Brunskill I have noted a couple of points relating to H&S Law and other Statutes. For example "Young Person" for the purposes of risk assessment and "Age Discrimination Act" appear at first glance to contradict one another. Ethnicity and PPE come into conflict on occasion. Each governed by its own legislation. Which has the higher authority?

Posted By gham Yes it is complicated What about the minimum wage act, right to vote, right to give evidence (And have your identity protected), legal age of consent, legal drinking age, legal smoking age, legal driving age, the taxable income age?? With regards to yp's in H&S legislation it's not only them older folk may be implicated on grounds of capability, which is what in most cases it will boil down to instead on yound persons, or old persons I look as it in terms of capability and competence

Posted By Jim Walker Put me right - I thought this Age discrimination thing was job recruiting only? In H&S we have to (positively) discriminate (take into account etc) against age (young persons), Gender (eg pregnant or nursing mothers, manual handling) Disability (fire evacuations), People for who English is not their 1st language etc etc.