Löfstedt reviewed approximately 200 regulations and 53 approved codes of practice (ACoP) that came within the remit of the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE). He noted that whilst the overall volume of legislation was in fact less than that of 35 years ago there would be benefits from consolidating the existing regulations into sector-specific packages, as had been done recently with explosives legislation, which had previously been spread across numerous regulations. Löfstedt made 26 recommendations, all of which were accepted by the government in their response to the report. Löfstedt recommended that the HSE revise all ACoPs as some were out of date or overly complex. He recommended the revocation of the
Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 for which he could see no benefit and the
Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989 which were duplicated by the
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992. One major proposal was that those self-employed persons whose work had no potential to harm others be exempted from health and safety law, as was the case in several European countries. He also wanted to see the use of "as far as reasonably practicable" (meaning that health and safety measures should not be disproportionate to the risk) extended to all health and safety legislation to abolish the "strict liability" to mitigate all risks that was relied upon by many compensation claims. Löfstedt also proposed that the HSE assume responsibility for directing all investigations and enforcement actions, some of which came under the purview of local authorities instead. == Response ==