Health & Safety Service Plan

The Health and Safety Service Plan is an annual plan produced by Torbay Council’s Environmental Health and Consumer Protection Business Unit in response to the Health and Safety Executive’s mandatory guidance produced under Section 18 Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, in September 2001. The plan is intended to inform residents and the business community of Torbay and the wider audience of the arrangements Torbay Council have in place to regulate health and safety at work.

The primary function of the Business Unit is to provide education and advice to businesses in Torbay to help they comply with the requirements of the legislation. It provides this support in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive, under the FIT3 programme. This is Fit for Work, Fit for Life, Fit for Tomorrow.

In addition inspections and investigations are undertaken at premises that are classified as either high risk, or concerns have been raised about working practices or the safety of premises.

Where businesses fail to comply with the advice given and fail to provide a safe working environment for employees and the public at large, then the Business Unit will use its enforcement policy to protect them, and in doing so provide a fair and even playing field in which businesses can operate.