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Recommendation approved
 
Reasons for recommendation
Enforcement Policy amends the
current Chorley & South Ribble enforcement policies to create a
generic approach having regard to the Enforcement
Concordat.
 
Public Protection &
Environmental Health teams in both Chorley and South Ribble,
operate using generic officers covering the following subject
areas, Food Safety enforcement, Private sector housing enforcement,
Health & Safety enforcement, Environmental Protection
enforcement & Community Safety.
 
Housing teams at both Chorley
& South Ribble enforce Housing legislation in relation to
homelessness.
 
Both Chorley and South Ribble
Public Protection and Environmental Health teams subscribe to a
national system called RIAMS (Regulatory Information and Management
System).
 
The Enforcement policy has been
amended to reference the use of RIAMS (Regulatory Information and
Management System) for quality assurance purposes. RIAMS is
regularly updated when guidance or legislation is amended by the
government.
 
The Enforcement Policy has been
written to enable subject specific policies to be linked as
appendices.
 
Other
options considred and rejected
The policy outlines the general approach to enforcement having regard to
the national enforcement concordat, which all agencies responsible
for enforcement must have regard to.