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HSE priced and free publications are available from:
HSE Books
PO Box 1999
Sudbury
Suffolk CO10 2WA
Tel: 01787 881165
Fax: 01787 313995

RETAIL

HSE priced publications are available from good booksellers

HEALTH AND SAFETY ENQUIRIES

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Tel: 0541 545500
or write to:
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HSE home page on the World Wide Web: http://www.open.gov.uk/hse/hsehome.htm

 

 

Published with the permission of the Home Office on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

© Crown copyright 1999
Copyright in the typographical arrangement and design is vested in the Crown.
Application for reproduction should be made in writing to:
Copyright Unit, Her Majesty's Stationery Office
St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate,
Norwich NR3 1BQ

First published 1999

ISBN 0 11 341229 0

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the permission of the copyright owner.

This guidance is issued by the Home Office, the Scottish Executive, the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Health and Safety Executive. Following the guidance is not compulsory and you are free to take other action. But if you do follow the guidance you will normally be doing enough to comply with the law.

Acknowledgement

The photographs in this guide are reproduced with the kind permission of London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

 

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