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| Original name: | Pelastuslaki |
| Name: | Rescue Act (379/2011). |
| Country: | Finland |
| Subject(s): | Occupational safety and health |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2011-04-29 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | FIN-2011-L-112378 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=112378&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line in Finnish & Swedish as revised  FINLEX, www.finlex.fi, Finland (consulted on 2022-02-16)Legislation on-line FINLEX, www.finlex.fi, Finland PDF of Unofficial English Translation (consulted on 2022-02-16) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The purpose of this Act is to improve the safety of people and to reduce the number of accidents. The purpose of the Act is also to ensure that when there is the threat of an accident or when an accident has occurred, people are rescued, important functions are secured and the consequences of the accident are successfully limited. |
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