| Date |
Event |
Purpose and/or outcome |
| June 1992 |
Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive (TMCSD) adopted |
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| March 1995 |
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (CDM 94) come into force |
To implement, in part, the TMCSD |
| Sept 1996 |
The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 (CHSW 96) come into force |
| >Late 1996– 1998 |
Interim evaluation of CDM 1994 |
To establish stakeholders' views on implementation |
| 2002 |
HSC publishes a discussion document Revitalising Health and Safety in Construction |
To seek industry's views on improving the construction industry's then poor health and safety performance |
| Sept 2003 |
HSC agrees to revise the CDM 94 and CHSW 96 regulations (paper HSC/03/93 for the review) |
To respond to industry's comments on the discussion document |
| March 2005 |
HSC publishes consultation document (CD200) |
To seek comments on revision of CDM 94 and CHSW 96 regulations |
| December 2005 |
HSC meets |
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| July 2006 |
CONIAC meets |
- To discuss the draft CDM regulatory package
- Later agrees to the package being forwarded to HSC meeting
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| Oct 2006 |
HSC meets |
- To consider the draft CDM regulatory package
- Formally approves the draft package for formal proposal to Ministers
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| Feb 2007 |
- Minister signs The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007)
- Ministerial consent given to the ACOP which supports CDM 2007
- CDM 2007 Regulations laid before Parliament
- CDM 2007 ACOP published
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| March 2007 |
Early Day Motion (EDM) tabled calling for a debate on the CDM 2007 Regulations |
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| April 2007 |
CDM 2007 Regulations come into force |
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| May 2007 |
EDM Parliamentary Prayer Debate on CDM 2007 Regulations takes place |
- The Regulations were fully supported by Government
- Commitment to early review of the Regulations given by Parliament
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| Nov 2009 |
Pilot evaluation of CDM 2007 Regulations commenced |
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| March 2010 |
Main phase evaluation of CDM 2007 Regulations commenced |
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| Oct 2010 |
Draft evaluation report of CDM 2007 |
Showed general improvement over CDM 94 with concerns remaining in areas of competence assessment, coordination and bureaucracy |
| March 2011 |
CONIAC meets |
To discuss early findings of CDM 2007 evaluation (see minutes) |
| March 2011 |
Publication of Pilot Evaluation of CDM 2007 Regulations (RR845) |
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| April 2011 |
Evaluation report of CDM 2007 |
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| July 2011 |
CONIAC meets. Paper M2/2011/2 presented on the evaluation of CDM 2007 |
Paper highlights the findings of the CONIAC CDM Evaluation Working Group and those of the independent external research undertaken |
| Nov 2011 |
Publication of Löfstedt report – An independent review of health and safety legislation |
Recommended that:
- the CDM 2007 evaluation should be completed by April 2012
- HSE should review all ACOPs, although the CDM 2007 ACOP should be managed separately
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| Dec 2011 |
HSE Board meets |
Agreed to simplification and rationalisation of the CDM package primarily based on copy out of TMCSD |
| May 2012 |
Publication of Evaluation of CDM 2007 Report (RR920) |
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| June 2012 |
CONIAC meets. Paper M2/2012/2 presented as an update on CDM 2007, describing future work to consult on revision of the CDM package towards The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) |
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| May 2013 |
HSE Board meets |
- To consider the draft CDM 2015 regulatory package (consultative document, impact assessment (IA) and statutory instrument) for Ministerial authority to go to public consultation
- Approval given for the IA to progress to Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC)
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| July 2013 |
CONIAC meets. Paper M2/2013/1 presented as an update on the CDM regulatory package |
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| Jan 2014 |
'Green' opinion given by RPC on CDM 2015 regulatory package IA |
Indicating that IA is fit for purpose |
| March 2014 |
- Final approval given by Home Affairs Committee and Reducing Regulation Committee to consult on the replacement of CDM 2007 Regulations
- Public consultation on replacement of CDM 2007 Regulations opens with the launch of consultative document and associated IA (CD261)
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| June 2014 |
Public consultation on replacement of CDM 2007 Regulations closes |
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| Aug 2014 |
- HSE Board meets. Paper HSE/14/62 presented on the outcome of the public consultation on proposals to replace CDM 2007
- Final stage IA for CDM 2015 submitted to RPC to take account of the results of the public consultation
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In light of comments received from consultation, HSE Board directed that HSE should develop a new, shorter ACOP to support the revised Regulations, rather than replace CDM 2007 ACOP with guidance |
| Oct 2014 |
'Green' opinion given by RPC on CDM 2015 regulatory package final stage IA |
Indicating that IA is fit for purpose |
| Nov 2014 |
CONIAC meets. Paper M3/2014/2 presented as an update on the revision of CDM 2007 and associated supporting material, in light of HSE Board's consideration of the proposals |
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| Dec 2014 |
Final approval given by Home Affairs Committee and Reducing Regulation Committee to introduce the CDM 2015 Regulations |
Approval subject to a condition that guidance on application of CDM to the entertainment sectors should be cleared by Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Jan 2015 |
- Minister signs the CDM 2015 Regulations
- CDM 2015 Regulations made and laid before Parliament
- Draft HSE and industry guidance published
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| April 2015 |
CDM 2015 Regulations come into force, HSE Legal Series (L153) guidance and industry guidance published |
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| Sept 2020 |
Post Implementation Review (PIR008) of CDM 2015 signed off 01/10/2019 published |
- Statutory requirement of Reg 39
- Recommendation: Keep
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