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Event Safety Guide Revision?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently working with members of the Broadcasting Film and Performing Arts Joint Advisory Committee, and other interested event sector associations to consider whether the HSE's guidance book The Event Safety Guide: A Guide to Health Safety & Welfare at Music and Similar Events (HSG 195) should be revised.

The current (second) edition of the Guide was published in autumn 1999, following a thorough revision of the first edition, with considerable input from the Event Sector. Since 1999 the Guide has been re-printed several times, most recently in July 2005, when references to relevant legislation were also updated.

The Event Safety Guide aims to "help those who organise music events so that the events run safely and brings together information needed by event organisers, their contractors and employees to help them satisfy the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSW Act) and associated regulations".

HSE are considering a review of the Event Safety Guide. If the Guide still works well, it will not be changed. To start the process, a scoping exercise is being carried out and the aim of this notice is to enable as wide a response as possible, so that people involved in events can put forward ideas.

In particular it is necessary to know: If you think the Guide should be changed, and how; If there any gaps where you think more guidance is needed or existing guidance should be clarified; If the layout/design or sequence of the chapters should be changed?

Please send your views to: eventsafetyguide@btconnect.com by 19th May 2006.

Once comments and suggestions have been received and discussed the next stage will be for HSE and Event Sector Associations to consider the views put forward, to decide if the Guide will be revised.

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28th March 2006

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