The Health and Safety Commission Is Empowered by Statute to Produce

question 8

Multiple Choice

The Health and Safety Commission is empowered by statute to produce Codes of Practice providing employers with advice on meeting their legal obligations. The Codes have a special legal effect. In legal proceedings, the Commission may use an employer's failure to abide by the Codes as evidence of fault by the employer, unless s/he can show that s/he has complied with the law in some other way. On the basis of this information, what is the most likely legal form of these Codes?

• A) Statutory instrument.
• B) By-law.
• C) Tertiary legislation.
• D) Soft law.

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Definitions:

Left Shoulder

Referring to the part of the human body where the arm joins the torso on the left side, often associated with various structures like muscles, bones, and joints.

Self-care

The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health.

Comfort Measures

Interventions designed to provide physical and emotional relief to individuals suffering from illness, pain, or discomfort.

Osteoporosis

Disorder characterized by abnormal rarefaction of bone, occurring most frequently in postmenopausal women, sedentary or immobilized individuals, and patients on long-term steroid therapy.