This welcome progress is good news not only for the ladder industry, but should provide more much-needed protection for consumers when buying all manner of height safety products – or any products, of any kind, for the home and workplace.
This an Enabling Bill which provides powers to enable the Secretary of State to make or amend product regulations; respond to new hazards and threats; make specific provision for online marketplaces; update enforcement requirements; and update the legal metrology framework.
The Bill will also give the OPSS greater regulatory powers to hold manufacturers, importers and now, online marketplaces, accountable for the safety of the products they’re selling, and be able to take the necessary enforcement action to keep ladder users safe.