Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1990. They fix or determine the fees payable by an applicant to the Health and Safety Executive in respect of an application made for—

(a)

an approval under mines and quarries legislation (regulation 2 and Schedule 1);

(b)

an approval of certain respiratory protective equipment, and of automatic safe load indicators (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);

(c)

an approval of plant or equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (regulation 4 and Schedule 3);

(d)

an approval of a scheme or programme under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 (regulation 5 and Schedule 4);

(e)

a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (regulation 6 and Schedule 5);

(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);

(g)

an approval, authorisation or licence etc. under the Explosives Act 1875 and certain instruments thereunder and for a licence under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (regulation 10 and Schedule 9);

(h)

the classification of an article, substance, combination, or unit load under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 (regulation 12 and Schedule 10);

(i)

an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 13 and Schedule 11).

The Regulations also fix the fees to be paid in respect of medical examinations and surveillance by an employment medical adviser which are required under certain of the relevant statutory provisions (regulations 7 and 8 and Schedules 6 and 7).

The Regulations fix maximum fees which may be charged under the Explosives Act 1875, the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 and the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 (regulation 10(2) and Schedule 9, Part II).

The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous Regulations are as follows:

Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fee	Previous Fee			New Fee
	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval
Schedule 1
Part I
Approval of breathing apparatus	£761	£406	£45	£965	£483	£55
Approval of dust respirators	£72	£72	£45	£85	£85	£55
Approval of explosives	£159	£110	£45	£184	£127	£55
Approval of locomotive or other vehicle	£1,705	£445	£45	£1,940	£507	£55
Approval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones	Fees calculated on a different system of classification			£605	£396	£55
Approval of methanometers				£291	£187	£55
Approval of electric safety lamps				£291	£187	£55
Approval of other types of apparatus essential for safety				£148	£148	£55
Part II
Ballistic pendulum shot	£36			£41
Break test shot	£44			£51
Deflagration shot	£30			£35
Detonator test (per 100 shots)	£323			£380
Detonator delay time test (per 100 shots)	£198			£232
Gallery shot	£74			£82
Mortar shot	£35			£39
Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)	£62			£72
Part III
Other testing not fixed in Parts I and II	£57 per hour worked			£47 per hour worked
Schedule 2 Part I
Approval of respiratory protective equipment	£72			£85
Approval of safe load indicators	£27 per hour worked			£27 per hour worked
Schedule 2 Part II
Testing respiratory protective equipment	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Schedule 3
Original approval of tractor cab	£166			£203
Revision of existing approval of a tractor cab	£83			£99
Schedule 4
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers	£37			£75
Schedule 5
Licence for work with asbestos insulations or asbestos coating and renewal of original licence	£375			£450
Schedule 6	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests
The Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations 1958	£31	£33	£19	£40	£34	£19.50
The ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 (a) where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in records	£14	£33	£19	£16	£34	£19.50
(b) in other cases	£31	£33	£19	£39	£34	£19.50
The Control of Asbestos at The Work Regulations 1987	£34	£30	£17	£43	£31	£17.50
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988	£31	£33	£19	£40	£34	£19.50
Schedule 7
On the First Assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment)	£33			£37.50
On each subsequent assessment of an employee— (i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out	£33			£37.50
(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out	£15			£17
Schedule 8
Group I
Dose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I functions	£359			£420
Dose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group	£153			£179
Group II
External dosimetry	£543 for one sub-group and £180 for each additional sub-group			£489 for one sub-group and £211 for each additional sub-group
Group III
Internal dosimetry (a) trontium 90 and actinides	£679 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group	£290 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group		(a) £430 for Bio-assay, or in vivo monitoring or air sampling (b) £607 for two or more of these techniques in combination
(b) Any other radio-nuclide	£527 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £369 for each additional group of 5 radio-nuclides or part thereof	£188 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £147 for each additional group of 5 radio-nuclides or part thereof
Type approval of a radiation generator or an apparatus containing a radio-active substance under sub-paragraph (f) or (g) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985	£73			£86
Schedule 9 Part I
Factory licence	£724 plus £38 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept			£826 plus £44 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept
Magazine licence	£561 plus £38 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept			£641 plus £44 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept
Factory amending licence	£270 plus £9 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be made or kept			£306 plus £11 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be made or kept
Magazine amending licence	£45 plus £9 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence in which explosives are to be kept			£52 plus £11 additional fee for each building or other place in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be kept
Licence for importation of explosives	£39			£45
Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£39			£45
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£18			£21
Amendment to an existing licence	£14			£16
Part II
A store licence	£51			£55
Renewal of a store licence	£51			£55
Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£9			£9.50
Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—
not exceeding 2,500 litres	£24 for each year of licence			£26.50 for each year of licence
exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£36 for each year of licence		£39 for each year of licence
exceeding 50,000 litres	£71 for each year of licence			£77 for each year of licence
Transfer of petroleum spirit licence	£7				£7
Part III
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£392			£444
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£173			£196
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£22			£24
Part IV
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£22			£24
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£392			£444
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£27			£30
Part V
Authorisation or classification of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported with or without a licence	£111			£126
Grant of an original special packing authority	£191			£217
Amendment to a special packing authority	£27			£32
Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967	£110			£139
Part VII
Application 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	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale with or without a licence	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Application for a licence to manufacture explosive in pursuance of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Schedule 10
Classification of an article, substance combination or unit load	£57 per hour worked			£57 per hour worked
Schedule 11
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence	£222 plus £38 per hour worked			£251 plus £43 per hour worked

The Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.