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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations supersede and revoke the Regulations listed in Schedule 11 to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule (Regulation 14 and Schedule 11). They fix or determine the fees payable in respect of an application made for–\n(a) an approval under mines and quarries legislation (Regulation 2 and Schedule 1);\n(b) an approval of certain respiratory protective equipment, blasting helmets, and of automatic safe load indicators (Regulation 3 and Schedule 2);\n(c) an approval of plant and equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 and the Poisonous Substances in Agriculture Regulations 1984 (Regulation 4 and Schedule 3);\n(d) an approval of a scheme or programme under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 (Regulation 5 and Schedule 4);\n(e) a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (Regulations 6 and Schedule 5);\n(f) an approval of dosimetry services and for type approval of radiation generators or apparatus containing radioactive substances under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 (Regulation 9 and Schedule 8);\n(g) an approval, authorisation or licence etc. under the Explosives Act 1875 and certain instruments thereunder, a licence under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, the transfer of a licence under the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936, and for the purpose of each of the exemption orders made under the Gas Cylinders (Conveyance) Regulations 1931 (Regulation 10 and Schedule 9). The Home Office Specifications referred to in Part V of Schedule 9 are obtainable from the Health and Safety Executive, Technical Division 2A, Mechanical Systems Unit, Magdalen House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3QZ;\n(h) testing for the purpose of the classification of an article, substance, combination, or unit load under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 (Regulation 12 and Schedule 10).\n2 The Regulations also fix the fees to be paid in respect of medical examination (Regulation 7 and Schedule 6) and surveillance (Regulation 8 and Schedule 7) by an employment medical adviser which are required under certain of the relevant statutory provisions.\n3 For testing the respiratory protective equipment under the Poisonous Substances in Agriculture Regulations 1984 (Regulation 4 and Schedule 3), for testing in connection with an application under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 (Regulation 12 and Schedule 10), and for the replacement of a licence or the issue of a new licence replacing the original and incorporating an amendment under the Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978 (Regulation 10 and Schedule 9), a fee is fixed for the first time.\n4 The changes to the fees fixed by or determined under the previous Regulations are as follows:–\nProvision of these Regulations which changes the previous fee\nPrevious Fee\nNew Fee\nSchedule 1 Part I\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nApproval of breathing appratus\n£123\n£123\n£40\n£508\n£498\n£35\nApproval of dust respirators\n£123\n£123\n£40\n£162\n£152\n£35\nApproval of explosives\n£155\n£105\n£40\n£123\n£87\n£34\nApproval of locomotive or other vehicle\n£1,045\n£220\n£40\n£1,202\n£502\n£50\nApproval of signalling apparatus\n£105\n£95\n£40\n£122\n£51\n£50\nApproval in any other case under the mines and quarries provisions\n£200\n£130\n£40\n£98\n£58\n£34\nPart II\nBallistic pendulum shot\n£14\n£17\nBreak test shot\n£25\n£35\nDeflagration shot\n£14\n£21\nDetonator test (per 100 shots)\n£123\n£304\nGallery shot\n£45\n£52\nPart III\nFees for other testing\n£45 per hour worked\n£48 per hour worked\nSchedule 2\napproval of respiratory protective equipment\n£45 per hour worked\n£48 per hour worked\nApproval of blasting helmets\n£45 per hour worked\n£48 per hour worked\nSchedule 3 Part I\nOriginal approval of tractor cab\n£115\n£106\nApproval of amendment of an approval where the specification of a tractor cab is modified\n£90\n£54\nApproval of any other amendment of an approval\n£19\n£54\nApproval of respiratory protective equipment\n£67\n£50\nPart II\nRespiratory Protective Equipment\n£0 per hour worked\n£48 per hour worked\nSchedule 5\nLicence for work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating\n£100\n£150\nRenewal of original licence granted for work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating\n£50\n£75\nSchedule 6\nBasic\nX-rays\nLaboratory tests\nBasic\nX-rays\nLaboratory tests\nThe Indiarubber Regulations 1922\n£22\n£24\n£14.50\n£23.50\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Chemical Works Regulations 1922\n£25.50\n£24\n£14.50\n£27.50\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Patent Fuel Manufacture (Health & Welfare) Special Regulations 1946\n£22\n£24\n£14.50\n£23.50\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Mule Spinning (Health) Special Regulations 1953\n£22\n£24\n£14.50\n£23.50\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations 1958\n£24.50\n£24\n£14.50\n£26\n£27\n15.50\nThe Carcinogenic Substances Regulations 1967\n£27\n£24\n£14.50\n£29\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983\n£32.50\n£24\n£14.50\n£34.50\n£27\n£15.50\nThe Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985\n£35\n£24\n£14.50\n£37\n£27\n£15.50\nSurveillance under sub-paragraph (h) above which is confined to examination of and making of entries in records\n£10.50\n—\n—\n£11.50\n—\n—\nSchedule 7\nOn the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment\n£34.50\n£36.50\nOn each subsequent assesment of an employee—\n(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out\n£22.50\n£27\n(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out\n£11\n£12\nSchedule 8\nApproval or type approval\nAnnual reassessment\nApproval or type approval\nAnnual reassessment\nGroup I\nDose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group\n£80\n£80\n£112\n£80\nGroup II\nExternal dosimetry\n£350 for one sub-group and £100 for each additional sub-group\n£300 for one sub-group and £80 for each additional sub-group\n£423 for one sub-group and £139 for each additional sub-group\n£308 for one sub-group and £80 for each additional sub-group\nGroup II\nInternal dosimetry\n(a) Strontium 90 and actinides\npound;600 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group\n£200 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group\n£600 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group\n£229 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group\n(b) Any other radionuclide\n£400 for up to 5 radionuclides and £300 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof\n£120 for up to 5 radionuclides and £100 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof\n£413 for up to 5 radionuclides and £310 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof\n£145 for up to 5 radionuclides and £121 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof\nSchedule 9\nPart I\nOriginal licence\nReplacement licence\nAmending licence\nOriginal licence\nReplacement licence\nAmending licence\nLicence for the importation of Compressed Acetylene\n£14\n£0\n£0\n£26.50\n£13\n£9\nPart III\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£235\n£310\nAmendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£37\n£52\nApproval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£14\n£16\nPart IV\nComparison of a porous substance with a sample porus substance\n£14\n£16\nApproval of an acetylene cylinder design\n£36\n£47\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed\n£235\n£310\nSchedule 9\nPart V\nApproval of a gas cylinder manufacturer\n£4,000\n£6,986\nApproval of the design of a gas cylinder\n£36\n£47\nApproval of a supplier of the material of which a gas cylinder is manufactured\n£21\n£591\nApproval of a gas cylinder inspection body\n£600\n£1,477\nApproval of a user of a gas cylinder manufactured and tested in accordance with the provisions of Home Office Specifications LASS 1 or LASW 1\n£21\n£295\nPart VI\nAuthorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale with or without a licence\n£12\n£82\nAmendment to a special packing authority\n£14\n£19\nGrant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under Article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967\n£18\n£73\nPart VII\nApplication for a licence to be granted for the importation of explosives which are not at the time of application authorised to be manufactured for general sale or imported for general sale\n£25 per hour worked\n£42 per hour worked\nApproval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£25 per hour worked\n£42 per hour worked\nComparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance\n£25 per hour worked\n£42 per hour worked\nAuthorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale with or without a licence\n£25 per hour worked\n£42 per hour worked\nSchedule 10\nClassification of an article, substance, combination or unit load\n£25 per hour worked\n£42 per hour worked\n5 The Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.",
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