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annual audit is required in order to
confirm the validity of a risk assessment, where there may have been a
significant change in the matters to which it relates. The audit
updates the risk assessment so that it is valid and up-to-date.
Regulation 3(3) of the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 specifically states that any assessment shall be reviewed by the employer or person who made it if:
Where, as a result of any such review, changes to an assessment are required, the employer or person concerned shall make them. |
It is a requirement that the
audit be carried out by a competent
person. Failure to
comply with this requirement may render an audit as
non-conforming and void.
On a practical level, the main benefit of an audit is to reduce the likelihood of hazards - both exiting and newly identified - resulting in harm. On a legal level, the main benefit of carrying out an audit is that if a worst-case scenario does happen and a hazard does result in harm, your organisation will have a legal defense. These benefits rely on the recommendations made in the audit being acted on within a reasonable timeframe.
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