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planning of the work, to ensure that health and safety measures are identified and implemented from the start. A need for further consultation may arise when circumstances change over the period of the work, including the work environment and the people involved in the work. This is particularly so in construction and other long term projects.
Co-operation and co-ordination with other duty holders should be an ongoing process throughout the time in which you are involved in the same work and share the same duty.

5.3 What is meant by consultation with other duty holders?
The objective of consultation is to make sure everyone associated with the work has a shared understanding of what the risks are, which workers are affected and how the risks will be controlled. The exchange of information will allow the duty holders to work together to plan and manage health and safety.
The consultation should include:
    * what each will be doing, how, when and where and what plant or substances may be used
    * who has control or influence over aspects of the work or the environment in which the work
      is being undertaken
    * ways in which the activities of each duty holder may affect the work environment
    * ways in which the activities of each duty holder may affect what others do
    * identifying the workers that are or will be involved in the activity and who else may be affected by the activity
    * what procedures or arrangements may be in place for the consultation and representation
      of workers, and for issue resolution
    * what information may be needed by another duty holder for health and safety purposes
    * what each knows about the hazards and risks associated with their activity
    * whether the activities of others may introduce or increase hazards or risks
    * what each will be providing for health and safety, particularly for controlling risks
    * what further consultation or communication may be required to monitor health and safety
      or to identify any changes in the work or environment.
This consultation will determine which health and safety duties are shared and what each person needs to do to co-operate and co-ordinate activities with each other to comply with their health |and safety duty.

5.4 What is meant by co-operation?
What is required for co-operation should have been identified in the consultation process.
Co-operation may involve implementing arrangements in accordance with any agreements reached during consultation with the other duty holder and involve not acting in a way that may compromise what they are doing for health and safety.

Co-operation also means that, if you are approached by other duty holders wanting to consult with you on a health