Warwickshire County Council also faced a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act of failing to ensure the safety of its employees.
In England and Wales prosecution under the Act could originally only be brought by an inspector or with the permission of the Director of Public Prosecutions but the Environment Agency was also authorised on 1 April 1996 (section 38).
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In the same year, the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed into United States federal law.
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On 31 October 2006, Network Rail (the successor body to Railtrack, formed in the wake of a subsequent train crash at Hatfield) pleaded guilty to charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in relation to the accident.