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HS&E MAP practice question: Health and safety law and enforcement (1 of 4)

A. Legal and management A free question from our original HS&E MAP practice exam. Try it, then open the answer to see why each option is right or wrong.

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An HSE inspector visits your site and serves a prohibition notice on a scaffold.

What does the notice require?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. You must pay a fine on the spot to the inspector
  2. B. The dangerous activity must stop
  3. C. You must improve the scaffold within the next few weeks, but work on it can carry on
  4. D. Nothing, unless the company is later prosecuted
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Answer: B

  • A. Wrong: Wrong. Inspectors don't take on-the-spot fines. The notice tells you to stop the activity.
  • B. Right: Right. HSE says a prohibition notice requires the dutyholder to stop dangerous activities.
  • C. Wrong: Wrong. That describes an improvement notice. A prohibition notice stops the activity.
  • D. Wrong: Wrong. Failing to comply with a notice is a criminal offence in itself.

Explanation

A prohibition notice stops a dangerous activity. An improvement notice requires changes. Ignoring either is a criminal offence.

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