jyngers
3rd March 2009, 07:48 AM
We are in the process of applying the new standard in our system. We are a bit confused on how do we manage the Legal requirement.
We were advised to partern it in the OHSAS Law and Regulatory Register, wherein we need to identify the legal requirement we are compying at and specifically identify and write down the clause/section/paragraph in the matrix that is applicable to our operation.
Is this how we should do it? Or are there any strategy on this? What about the Externally Generated Document matrix?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Sidney Vianna
3rd March 2009, 08:07 AM
We were advised to partern it in the OHSAS Law and Regulatory Register, wherein we need to identify the legal requirement we are compying at and specifically identify and write down the clause/section/paragraph in the matrix that is applicable to our operation.ISO 9001 requirements concerning compliance with legal requirements relate to PRODUCTS. Not occupational health & safety, not environmental, not financial legal requirements.
If you read the standard CAREFULLY, you will note that the standard refers to PRODUCT-RELATED legal requirements.
Paul Simpson
3rd March 2009, 10:04 PM
We are in the process of applying the new standard in our system. We are a bit confused on how do we manage the Legal requirement.
We were advised to partern it in the OHSAS Law and Regulatory Register, wherein we need to identify the legal requirement we are compying at and specifically identify and write down the clause/section/paragraph in the matrix that is applicable to our operation.
Is this how we should do it? Or are there any strategy on this? What about the Externally Generated Document matrix?
Thanks for your help in advance.
This looks to be suitable. Sidney is right you can confine the legal register to just product related legislation. Please bear in mind this applies for all the markets you are selling product into. So if the product is for sale in the Phillipines, USA, countries of the EU (for example) then you need access to all the product legislation (or implementing standards) for each country.
