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Chapter 4 Planning and supervision

This Act brought together a range of previous laws covered in the Sex
Discrimination Act 1975, Equal Pay Act 1970, Race Relations Act 1976 and
Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
It protects people from discrimination in employment due to their race, sex,
gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, maternity status or faith.

The Data Protection Act 2018

The Data Protection Act was updated in 2018 and sets out rules to ensure
that everyone has the right to know what information is held about them, and
that information is handled properly. The Act implements the General Data
Protection Regulation into UK law. It is expected that the GDPR will continue to
apply after the UK leaves the EU.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000
This Act gives you the right to ask any public body for all the information they
have on any subject you choose. Unless there’s a good reason, they have to
provide it within a month. You can also ask for all the personal information they
hold about you.

Regulations
Plumbing is one of the most regulated trades within building services
engineering. Failure to comply with regulation often results in prosecution.
Regulations in the plumbing industry include:
l Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations
l Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations
l Building Regulations.

These are the main regulations that workers in the plumbing industry must
comply with.

British Standards and approved codes of practice
These provide guidance on interpreting and following regulations. The British
Standards are not enforceable, but they set out a series of recommendations so
that the minimum standard to comply with the regulations can be achieved. By
adhering to the recommendations within the British Standards, the regulations
will be seen to be satisfied. Often the regulations and the British Standards will
make reference to one another and it may even be the case that the regulations
make reference to more than one British Standard.
However important the regulations and the British Standards are, they are not
our primary source of information when installing equipment and appliances.
Manufacturers’ guidance overrides both of these.

Manufacturers’ guidance
Manufacturers’ installation, servicing/maintenance and user instructions are the
most important documents you will have access to when installing, servicing
and maintaining equipment and appliances. They tell us in basic installation

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