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IOSH welcomes tougher sentencing powers
IOSH has given its views of the regulatory changes announced in the Budget, its President commenting: "The fact that the HSE has been accepted as one of the 7 core regulators is effectively an endorsement of its role and work from the highest level.
There is logic to the HSE taking on the 4 extra inspectorate roles, but it will be necessary to ensure that adequate resources for the expanded role are provided. IOSH would be bitterly opposed to any move that took resources away from regulation in the workplace.
We also welcome the greater penalties that are being made available to the courts, and the new methods of administrative penalty and restitutive justice. For too many years, the penalties have not fitted the crime and we hope that the courts will make use of the new, tougher sentencing options now at their disposal."
