IOSH Managing Safely Practice Test

Which of the following is NOT one of the three other safety acts under criminal law?

1. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

2. Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992

3. Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2017

4. Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

The correct answer is: Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2017

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act was enacted in 2007, which makes the version cited in the choice from 2017 incorrect, as there is no such legislation enacted in that year. This act establishes the offence of corporate manslaughter for companies whose gross breaches of duty result in someone's death. The other regulations listed, such as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992, are indeed regulations that fall within the framework of health and safety legislation under criminal law. They focus on managing health and safety at work and ensuring that workplaces meet specific health, safety, and welfare standards, thus making the first two choices valid safety acts under criminal law. Therefore, C is the correct answer because it misidentifies the year of the applicable legislation, thereby distinguishing it from the others that are correctly named with respect to their recognition within criminal law pertaining to workplace safety.