Health and safety - Enforcing Authorities
Information to help you establish who enforces the law relating to health and safety within your type of premises.
The Local Authority (LA) inspectors look after the following main activities in non-domestic premises:
- Warehouses storing goods for wholesale or retail;
- Wholesale and retail shops, including tyre and exhaust fitting establishments;
- Display and sale of goods at an exhibition;
- Catering establishments, including restaurants, cafes;
- Office activities;
- Consumer services in shops such as shoe repairers;
- Hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfast, camp sites and caravan sites;
- Health clubs and leisure activities, theatres, cinemas, discos etc;
- Therapeutic treatments, including massage parlours, solaria, aromatherapy
- Child care, including nurseries and play groups;
- Undertakers;
- Churches and religious meeting halls;
- Coin operated wet and dry cleaning;
- Animal accommodation, including kennels, catteries and stables;
- Zoos.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) deal with the rest including factories and in particular:
- Mines and quarries;
- Fairgrounds;
- Radio or television broadcasting;
- Most construction work;
- Agricultural activities;
- Use of x-ray machines;
- Activities on board ship;
- Ski lifts, ski tows and cable cars;
- Maintenance repair and installation of electricity and gas systems;
- Maggot, fish and game breeding;
- LA activities, and the services (Police, fire and health, including hospitals);
- Domestic premises.
The contact details for the local HSE office responsible for the Solihull area is
Health & Safety Executive
1 Hagley Road Birmingham
West Midlands
B16 8HS
Telephone: 0121 607 6200
Contact Details
For further information please contact Safety & Pollution
Telephone: 0121 704 8399
Email: safety@solihull.gov.uk