2.2.4 Review and revision
To ensure that the safety policy remains up to date and
reflects the organisation’s safety management systems
and the risks associated with the organisation’s activities,
the policy should be subject to regular review and,
where necessary, revision. To ensure that the policy remains valid regular reviews are seen as ‘best practice’
in line with each of the previously mentioned standards
(BS 8800, OHSAS 18001, HSG(65)) and in ‘Health and
Safety in Annual Reports: Guidance from the Health and
Safety Commission (HSC)’ available on the HSE’s website
at www.hse.gov.uk
Changes in circumstance that may affect the validity
of a safety policy are numerous and therefore policies
could be reviewed under the following headings: