HSE stressed that law-abiding businesses will not pay a penny and that the HSE will only recover costs from duty-holders who are found to be in
material breach of health and safety law.
When a
material breach is identified from a visit, cost recovery will begin and it includes the time that an inspector spends on the case, through to the point that the breach has been rectified.
The note said it was plain Iraq had failed to comply and therefore remained "in
material breach".
The employer's failure to pay compensation under a contract of employment is the most common
material breach available as a defense to employees who have previously signed noncompete agreements.
Home Office Minister Beverley Hughes said: ``Although the report concludes that there has been no
material breach of contract by Landmark,it is clear that what happened in Liverpool is completely unacceptable.
The new resolution recalls that ``Iraq has been and remains in
material breach of its obligations'' under UN resolutions.
The Prime Minister insisted that his aim was still to follow the route of the United Nations but he left no doubt he now wants Iraq formally declared "in
material breach" of its UN obligations.
The United States on Thursday declared Iraq's disclosure of arms programs in ''
material breach,'' saying it falls far short of meeting the directives of a U.N.
Powell stopped just short of threatening war with Iraq as he declared it in "
material breach," or violation, of several UN Security Council resolutions and another calling for the Iraqi president to stop oppressing the Iraqi people.
He said the document was clearly a '
material breach' leading to speculation that the US could launch an attack on Iraq as early as January next year.
"We do not judge whether something constitutes a
material breach", he says of the inspectors.