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<blockquote data-quote="HatsOff" data-source="post: 7806516" data-attributes="member: 158216"><p>Record what you've done by writing it down and taking photos. The guidance is quite clear that aside from cow with calves and bulls, there's usually no need to do anything extra with cattle and footpaths, but it should be risk assessed (write this down as well) (<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf</a>). </p><p></p><p>You should only be charged money for their time if you've materially broken the law. If that is likely, then think hard before writing an email or phonecall, because that may end up being charged as well. Ditto with appeals. </p><p></p><p>There may be a problem if the electric fences being stolen or damaged is foreseeable and the cattle do need to be fenced off from the public. Because you may be seen as not taking enough steps to deal with that foreseeable problem. Easiest solution to that I think would be regular checks (again - write them down or easier still, take a quick photo) on the fences as part of your daily stock check. </p><p></p><p>You certainly won't go to prison without a trial, I think you may have misunderstood what they were trying to say. </p><p></p><p>HSE group agriculture in with lots of other industries (<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/fod/about.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/fod/about.htm</a>) so you might have got someone who isn't very familiar with agriculture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HatsOff, post: 7806516, member: 158216"] Record what you've done by writing it down and taking photos. The guidance is quite clear that aside from cow with calves and bulls, there's usually no need to do anything extra with cattle and footpaths, but it should be risk assessed (write this down as well) ([URL]https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf[/URL]). You should only be charged money for their time if you've materially broken the law. If that is likely, then think hard before writing an email or phonecall, because that may end up being charged as well. Ditto with appeals. There may be a problem if the electric fences being stolen or damaged is foreseeable and the cattle do need to be fenced off from the public. Because you may be seen as not taking enough steps to deal with that foreseeable problem. Easiest solution to that I think would be regular checks (again - write them down or easier still, take a quick photo) on the fences as part of your daily stock check. You certainly won't go to prison without a trial, I think you may have misunderstood what they were trying to say. HSE group agriculture in with lots of other industries ([URL]https://www.hse.gov.uk/fod/about.htm[/URL]) so you might have got someone who isn't very familiar with agriculture. [/QUOTE]
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