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Any activity in relation to a pipeline within the meaning of regulation 3 of the
Pipelines Safety Regulations
The operation of a railway.
In addition the HSE is the enforcing authority for the following:
A county council
Any other local authority
A parish council
A police authority or the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police
A fire authority
A headquarters designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters
and Defence Organisation Act
A service authority of a visiting force within the meaning of the Visiting Forces
Act
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The Crown
Health and Safety Commission: This consists of a chairman and between six and nine
members, appointed by the Secretary of State. Before making these appointments, the
Secretary of State must consult such organisations representing employees and
employers as he considers necessary. Three members may be appointed from each
sector. The Secretary of State may also consult organisations representing local
authorities and professional bodies, etc as he considers necessary. A deputy chairman
may also be appointed.
General Functions of the HSC
It is the general duty of the Commission to do such things and make such arrangements
as it considers appropriate for the general purposes of the Act. In particular, it is
required:
To assist and encourage persons concerned with matters relevant to the general
purposes of Part I of the Act to further those purposes;
To make arrangements for research and the publication of the findings of such
research, the provision of training and information in connection with those
purposes, and to encourage others to do the same;
To make arrangements to ensure that government departments, employers and
employees (and organisations representing them) and other persons concerned,
are provided with an information and advisory service;
To submit from time to time particulars of what it proposes to do for the purpose of
