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With Christmas being an extremely busy time of year, some business may put extra health and safety measures in place to prevent an accident claim.

However, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) say that many people wrongly cite health and safety rules that they believe ruin Christmas, and have compiled a list of mythical regulations that are not actually in force.

For example, some theatre goers may believe that health and safety laws have stopped panto performers throwing sweets into the audience. However, this rule does not exist.

In addition, people cannot be sued for clearing snow from outside their house, putting coins in their Christmas puddings or carol singing.

Neither does health and safety dictate that traditional shopping centre Christmas trees must be scaled back or replaced by artificial alternatives.

Furthermore, Christmas lights do not need portable appliance testing every year, and seats are not removed from busy shops for health and safety reasons.

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Posted by T B Walters

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