Health and Safety Exec not consulted over pontoon move
RISKS associated with cruise passenger arrangements at the Albert Pier and former White Rock site are similar at both sites, the Health and Safety Executive has said.
Correspondence from chief health and safety officer Robin Gonard has also revealed the Health and Safety Executive, as regulator, was not consulted by Guernsey Harbour before it announced the move to the Albert Pier.
And the regulatory body had not requested that the cruise liner pontoons were relocated from White Rock.
It was further revealed that while risk assessments for both sites were formally requested by the Health and Safety Executive on 19 February, the first cruise liner used Albert Pier on 8 March without the documentation provided to the regulator.
When the assessments were finally received later in March, Mr Gonard raised concerns that the risks appeared similar on both sites, yet were 'scored favourably' for the Albert Pier.
The revelations from the Health and Safety Executive have emerged in correspondence from Mr Gonard, sent to both a concerned islander and Mother of the House Deputy Mary Lowe, who asked questions over the arrangements and the timeline of events.
