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The insurance industry has been slow on the uptake as far as new health and safety legislation is concerned, even though the new rules will have far reaching implications for all claims involving construction contractors. Rob Withers explains exactly what the 2007 CDM regulations will mean
The Health and Safety Executive's Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 came into force on 6 April this year. The insurance industry was warned they were on the way (Post, 9 November
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