Notices, prosecutions and penalties — what enforcement under CDM 2015 looks like in practice.
Enforcement under CDM 2015 does not only follow an accident. An inspector visiting a site can serve an improvement notice or a prohibition notice there and then, and HSE recovers its costs through Fee for Intervention when it finds a material breach. The most serious failures are prosecuted.
The articles here look at how enforcement works in practice: what a notice means for the programme, what Fee for Intervention charges for, and the penalties that can follow a conviction. The point is not to alarm anybody. It is that the cheapest time to put proper arrangements in place is before an inspector asks to see them. For an example, see the notice that stopped the job.
HSE Enforcement ·
The inspection is free. The letter afterwards may not be. What Fee for Intervention is, what triggers it, what it costs, what it covers, and how to query or dispute an invoice.
HSE Enforcement ·
A CDM breach is not a fine on a balance sheet. For individuals, it can mean prison. Compliance gets treated as a commercial risk. The regulations treat it as a criminal one.
HSE Enforcement ·
Since CDM 2015 came into force, there have been over 190 prosecutions under the regulations — resulting in more than £16 million in fines. More than 5% have been brought against clients specifically, under Regulation 4.
