Approved Codes of Practice will become more important under coming changes to health and safety legislation, and complying with a Code will be sufficient for a workplace to be deemed to be complying with its health and safety duties. “Currently, it’s not clear to workplaces whether they are compliant with health and safety regulations or not, because of unclear wording in the Health and Safety at Work Act. “Changing the regime so that compliance with an Approved Code of Practice will be sufficient to fulfil a workplace’s health and safety duties will be welcomed by businesses.