The Force of Law - Punishment and Compensation
Sources and types of law, criminal and civil liability, regulators, inspectors, enforcement, prosecution and compensation.
How to prepare for GNC1 and GNC2
Learn the principle, locate workplace evidence, explain the risk or duty, select proportionate controls and show how action will be owned and reviewed.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Sources and types of law, criminal and civil liability, regulators, inspectors, enforcement, prosecution and compensation.
Exam cue: Identify the workplace evidence, people exposed, hazard mechanism and applicable duty before selecting a control.
Concept 2
Identify jurisdiction, legal route, duty standard, decision-maker, burden of proof and available outcome.
Exam cue: Prefer elimination and engineered or collective protection before procedural controls and PPE, then verify effectiveness.
Concept 3
Do not merge criminal enforcement with a civil claim or present HSE, HSENI and Scottish prosecution arrangements as identical.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Giving a generic hazard or control list without connecting it to the task, people and workplace conditions.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, environment, owner and verification method.
Treating a document, certificate, inspection or item of PPE as proof that the underlying risk is controlled.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, environment, owner and verification method.
Memory anchors
GNC 1.2 · The Force of Law - Punishment and Compensation
Sources and types of law, criminal and civil liability, regulators, inspectors, enforcement, prosecution and compensation.
The Force of Law - Punishment and Compensation · decision cue
Identify jurisdiction, legal route, duty standard, decision-maker, burden of proof and available outcome.
The Force of Law - Punishment and Compensation · evidence check
Do not merge criminal enforcement with a civil claim or present HSE, HSENI and Scottish prosecution arrangements as identical.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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