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The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 states that it is necessary to ensure that there is adequate training of staff so that health and safety procedures are understood and adhered to. It could therefore be argued that legislation is in place. However, the Act does not define “staff”, leaving some companies to believe that they have little legal duty here towards freelance crews. Because of the ways that productions need to work, crews are often asked to waive their rights under the Working Time Regulations 1998, which can lead to dangerously long hours on some productions.