Update on CD261 – Consultation on replacement of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

[Jason Lloyd Brooks]

As the consultation period for reviewing the proposed document which seeks to replace the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and withdraw the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) expired on 6^th June 2014, I have been informed by the HSE that the HSE Board are now considering the recommendations arising from the responses and that they will be publishing their response as soon as it has been agreed.  This is likely to be late summer 2014. 

It is proposed (subject to Ministerial and Parliamentary scrutiny) that the revised CDM regulations will come into force in April 2015.

For further information, the original HSE article on this subject can be seen at the following link:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd261.htm