Legal register – laws and regulations at a glance
Which laws, ordinances and regulations apply to your business – and are you complying with them? The AMS Go legal register is set to bring relevant regulations together in one place and make them manageable: with responsibilities, reminders and actions in the action plan whenever a requirement is not met.
This module is in progress and planned for Q4 2026. The scope may still change before launch. Shape it as a pilot customer
Legal register
AMS Go
- Compliant
ArbSchG (Safety and Health Act)
Applicable · assessed on 18 Sep 2026
- Open
GefStoffV (Hazardous Substances)
Applicable · 1 action in the action plan
- Overdue
DGUV Regulation 1
Assessment overdue by 3 weeks
- Review
Customer supplier code
Other requirement · review new version
StrlSchV (Radiation Protection)
Not applicable · reason recorded
What the module is designed to do
The planned scope – we develop the module together with customers from the field.
Regulations in one place
Laws, ordinances, accident prevention regulations and other requirements are to be collected centrally – instead of being spread across spreadsheets and binders.
Clear responsibilities
Who takes care of which regulation? Owners are to be visible directly in the legal register.
Reminders
Reminders are planned so that compliance evaluations don't get left behind.
Gaps to the action plan
Anything not met is to become an action with owner and deadline in the action plan.
Records at hand
Evidence of compliance is to be kept in folder management – ready for audits and authorities.
Everyday results
What you typically gain
- Overview of the regulations that apply to your business
- Duties with clear responsibilities
- Gaps turned into actions with deadlines
- A traceable basis for ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 audits
What it looks like in everyday work
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (Arbeitsschutzgesetz), the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (Betriebssicherheitsverordnung), the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (Gefahrstoffverordnung), accident prevention regulations of the employers' liability insurance association (Berufsgenossenschaft), technical rules, plus environmental law, permit conditions and customer requirements: in many companies, the regulations that apply and what they mean in practice are kept in a spreadsheet nobody has touched since the last audit. Whether a duty is met, who is responsible and what has changed is hard to tell from it.
The legal register (Rechtskataster) in AMS Go is set to bring this overview into one place and make it manageable – connected to the reminders, action plan and folder management you know from AMS Go. The module is in development; its scope may still change before launch.
How it works in AMS Go
- 1
Identify relevant regulations
The starting point is your activities and the risk assessment: if you work with hazardous substances, the Hazardous Substances Ordinance applies; if you provide work equipment, the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health. These regulations are to be collected in the legal register – together with accident prevention regulations, technical rules and other requirements, such as those from customers.
- 2
Record applicability and duties
The plan is for you to record for each regulation whether and where it applies to your business and which duties follow from it. A justified decision that a regulation does not apply is part of this too.
- 3
Responsibility and evaluation
Every duty needs an owner, and compliance is evaluated at defined intervals. Reminders are to make sure evaluations don't get left behind.
- 4
Close gaps, track changes
If a duty is not met, it is to become an action in the action plan with owner and deadline. When a regulation changes, you reassess the impact – with the records kept in folder management.
Not mandatory – but you must know your duties
A legal register is not generally required by law in Germany. However, employers must take the necessary safety and health measures, adapt them to changing circumstances and ensure a suitable organisation (Section 3 ArbSchG). Under DGUV Regulation 1 (DGUV Vorschrift 1), they draw primarily on state regulations and those of the statutory accident insurers (Section 2) and make the regulations and rules that apply to the company accessible to employees (Section 12). ISO 45001 requires organisations to determine legal requirements and other requirements (clause 6.1.3) and to evaluate compliance (9.1.2); ISO 14001 does the same for environmental compliance obligations.
Frequently asked questions
Is a legal register mandatory?
Not in general. What is mandatory is knowing the regulations that apply to your business, complying with them and making them accessible to employees (Section 3 ArbSchG, Section 12 DGUV Regulation 1). If the owner of a business fails to take the necessary supervisory measures and a violation punishable by a penalty or fine occurs as a result, the owner also commits an administrative offence (Section 130 of the Administrative Offences Act, OWiG). For ISO 45001 or ISO 14001 certification, you need to show that you have determined legal requirements and evaluated compliance – a legal register is a common tool for this.
What goes into a legal register?
Typically the source – law, ordinance, accident prevention regulation, technical rule or permit condition –, the decision whether and where it applies to your business, the duties that follow from it, the person responsible, the compliance evaluation with date and any open actions. On top of that come other requirements your company has committed to, such as specifications from customers or the parent company. Tracking changes is essential: a register that is out of date proves little.
How do I find out which regulations apply to my business?
Through your activities and the risk assessment: hazardous substances lead to the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV), work equipment to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV), noise to the Noise and Vibration Ordinance (LärmVibrationsArbSchV), work rooms to the Workplaces Ordinance (ArbStättV). Add the accident prevention regulations of your employers' liability insurance association and technical rules such as ASR, TRBS and TRGS. Anyone implementing safety measures must have access to the regulations and rules that apply to their area according to the risk assessment (Section 12(2) DGUV Regulation 1). Your occupational safety specialist (Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit) can support you.
When will the module be available?
The legal register is in development and planned for Q4 2026. Its scope may still change before launch. If you would like to help shape the module beforehand, you can take part as a pilot customer through our co-innovation programme – more on the Co-innovation page.
Modules that go with it
All modules work together – actions, records and deadlines come together in one place.
Action plan
All actions under control
View moduleFolder management
File documents in a structured way
View moduleOHS committee minutes
Document committee meetings easily
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