Legal Compliance and Auditing

Keeping up with changing legislation can be difficult, particularly when requirements need to be translated into practical actions, responsibilities and evidence.

I help organisations identify the environmental and occupational health and safety legislation relevant to their activities, facilities and services. This can include developing a new legal register, reviewing an existing register or evaluating whether identified requirements are being met in practice.

Your register can include:

• relevant legislation and other compliance obligations;

• an explanation of how each requirement applies;

• the controls and evidence needed to demonstrate compliance;

• responsible persons and review dates;

• current compliance status; and

• actions required to address identified gaps.

How it works

1. Scope and site review

I review your activities, services, facilities, environmental aspects and operational risks. Where appropriate, this includes a site tour and discussions with the people responsible for key controls.

2. Legal register development

I produce or update a register tailored to your organisation. Requirements are explained in plain English and linked to the controls, records and evidence relevant to your operations.

3. Implementation and evaluation

I can brief relevant employees, help assign responsibilities and complete a compliance evaluation to determine whether requirements are being met. Any gaps are recorded with clear actions, owners and timescales.

Scheduled legislation updates and periodic compliance audits can also be provided at an agreed frequency.

How this supports ISO certification

ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 require organisations to determine applicable compliance obligations and periodically evaluate whether they are being met. ISO/IEC 27001 also requires applicable legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual information-security requirements to be identified and addressed.

The standards do not prescribe a particular legal-register format. The aim is to maintain a practical method of identifying requirements, understanding how they apply and retaining evidence of compliance.

Need help reviewing your legal register?

Contact TLN Consulting to discuss a focused legal-register review, compliance audit or ongoing update service.

This service supports compliance management and does not replace legal advice or specialist health and safety advice where this is required.