HSC and HSE become one
April 1st 2008 The Health and
Safety
Commission
(HSC) and the
Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) officially merged on
1st April to form a single
national regulatory body
responsible for promoting
the cause of better health
and safety at work. The
merged body is called the
Health and Safety Executive.
The decision to merge HSC
and HSE was reached after
extensive consultation with
stakeholders and through
the process determined by
the Legislative and
Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
The merger means:
There is a single national
regulatory body
responsible for promoting
better health and safety
at work
The Chair of the
Commission has become
Chair of the Board of the
new Executive
Existing Commissioners
are appointed as nonexecutive
directors of the
new Executive for the
remainder of their term
of office with the
relevant responsibilities
of the new roles
The potential size of the
Board of the new
Executive will be no more
than eleven members plus
the Chair and members
will continue to be
appointed by the
Secretary of State
All the fundamental
contents of the Health &
Safety at Work Act remain
None of the statutory
functions of the previous
Commission and
Executive will be
removed
There is no change in
health and safety
requirements, how they
are enforced or how
stakeholders relate to the
health and safety
regulator – no health and
safety protections will be
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