6. Vehicle Safety

The first topic in your Health and Safety Policy is “Responsibilities”. This states that the overall responsibility for health and safety within an organisation is that of the directors or owners (or Board of Trustees in the case of a charity). This means that if there is an accident or incident serious enough to warrant an investigation by the authorities, it is the directors/owners/board who will be investigated. So, it is the responsibility of these same people to ensure any vehicles driven in the name of your organisation are in a safe condition. This doesn’t mean of course that the managing director has to start changing tyres or replacing cracked windscreens. What it does mean is that there must be a recorded system in...

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Information about the legal issues that you must deal with to ensure the vehicles operated by your organisation are safe.

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