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The requirement to notify accidents is considered to be an essential piece of legislation. Any
deficiences of working conditions or methods brought to light can be firmly dealt with. Employers
appear to have become progressively more aware of the requirements of legislation in respect of
notification. This Council has for several years distributed leaflets giving advice on the notification of
accidents.
This Department has experienced some minor difficulties in identifying owners in multi-occupied
office blocks where there has been some degree of subleasing. This could be overcome if some
power, such as that provided by Section 277 of the Public Health Act 1936, were incorporated in any
future legislation requiring the occupier and the principal lessor to give sufficient information on the
ownership of the property to allow legal proceedings to be undertaken.
The assistance of the Department of Employment and Productivity, both in contact with their
officers at local and regional level and by reference to the many circulars and booklets produced by
them, has been invaluable.
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