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#1 Posted : 17 September 2002 11:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jonathan Mogey
Please help! If a company has identified a piece of legislation as part of their maintained H&S register, and do then not comply with that piece of legislation what particular element of OHSAS 18001 do they not comply with with.
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#2 Posted : 17 September 2002 13:26:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Craythorne
Jonathan,

I do not have my copy of 18001 with me but if I remember rightly it is very similar to ISO14001. In 14001 it would be a non compliance with 4.2 (Policy) which requires a commitment to complying with legislation.

However, if you have a legal non compliance, a clause requirement in 18001 should be the least of your worries.

Regards,

Paul
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#3 Posted : 17 September 2002 15:11:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jonathan Mogey
Paul, thanks for the prompt reply.

If the Company has a written policy detailing a commitment to comply with current legislation, does this mean that it is non-compliant to the standard if it is in fact not complying to a particular piece of legislation?

Hope that makes sense!!
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#4 Posted : 18 September 2002 20:13:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Craythorne
Jonathan,

If the company has made a Policy commitment to comply with legislation and then it is found, upon audit, that there is a legal non compliance, then you would have a non compliance with your own system documentation. If you had no commitment to comply with legislation then you would have a non compliance with the clause in the standard.

Any which way, a legal non compliance should get you a major non compliance at audit.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Paul
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