1. 1. Safety and Health at Work: Report of the Committee 1970-72, Chairman: Lord Robens, Cmnd. 5034, 1972. Hereafter referred to as the Robens Committee.
2. 2. The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977, Health and Safety Commission (H. S. C.), H. M. S. O., 1977. These regulations (hereafter referred to as the S. R. S. C. Regulations) concern safety representatives appointed in accordance with a s. 2(4) of the HAS AW Act. The Code of Practice and Guidance Notes pertinent to interpretation of the Regulations are published in the same document. The first Consultative Document on these matters published by the H. S. C. in November 1975 proposed that regulations should be brought into operation by May, 1976. Following lengthy criticisms by the T. U. C. and C. B. I., a revised and agreed document was submitted to the Secretary of State for approval in autumn 1976. This did not come into effect as the S. R. S. C. Regulations for a further two years.
3. 3. The most obvious form of voluntary arrangements have been safety committees. For an analytical review of these and other arrangements, such as the appointment of safety officers, see John L. Williams, Accidents and Ill-Health at Work, Staples Press, London, 1960, pp. 183-220.
4. 4. The technical basis for the safety representative's role has been the subject of detailed analysis by G. R. C. Atherley, R. T. Booth and M. J. Kelly, ‘Workers’ Involvement in Occupational Health and Safety in Britain’, International Labour Review, June 1975, pp. 469-82.
5. 5. Roy Lewis , ‘The Historical Development of Labour Law’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. xiv, No. 1, 1976, p. 1.