Can't imagine there is. Whenever anybody "quotes" "elf and safety law" you should ask them the question " What law?” In the UK all legislation has to be published for it to be in force. There is no secret legislation know only to the initiated. The people who tell you anything is the law must be able to quote, sections, parts etc before you believe them-it must exist on the legislation website- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/. If they are quoting ACoPs or standards they must make that clear as well. And if they mean they have done some sort of risk assessment and the requirement is part their controls that needs to be documented as well and signed off by someone in authority in the business. You can’t just make up things as you go along.

The trouble with these things is people often use a one size fits all rule. The amount of times I have visited an orgainsation and signed in at reception only to wait at reception to be met by the person my appointment was with, who escorted around the premises - to the meeting room - and back to reception to sign out at the end of the meeting, without ever leaving my side.

I undertand how this could be helpful for businesses, especially for contactors and such like, but there are times when the whole process just isn't needed.

Have always signed in and out especially when visiting customers, suppliers, and group companies - such action can be used to confirm diary entries and mileage reports when challenged.

And conversley the use of a log proved very useful when someone tried to send an invoice for a visit by a representative who never actually attended our site.