Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1992 (S. I. No. 1752). They also incorporate the provisions for charging the fees which were updated by the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1993 (S. I. No. 1321) and incorporate provisions for charging fees in regulation 5 of the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1992 (S. I. No. 744). 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 (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, for a licence under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 or for the classification of an article, substance, combination, or unit load under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 (regulation 10 and Schedule 9);

(h)

an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 12 and Schedule 10);

(i)

an examination of specified appliances or equipment on offshore installations (regulation 13 and Schedule 11);

(j)

a vocational training certificate under the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1992 (regulation 14 and Schedule 12).

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 1825, 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 fees	Previous Fee			New Fee
Schedule 1	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval
Part I
Approval of breathing apparatus	£1,030	£515	£55	£1,030	£515	£55
Approval of dust respirators	£57 per hour worked	£57 per hourworked	£57 per hour worked	£65 per hour worked	£65 per hour worked	£65 per hour worked
Approval of explosives	£188	£130	£55	£188	£130	£55
Approval of locomotive or other vehicle	£2,027	£533	£55	£2,027	£533	£55
Approval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones	£632	£412	£55	£632	£412	£55
Approval of methanometers	£303	£193	£55	£303	£193	£55
Approval of electric safety lamps	£303	£193	£55	£303	£193	£55
Approval of other types of apparatus essential for safety	£154	£154	£55	£154	£154	£55
Part II
Ballistic pendulum shot			£41		£41
Break test shot			£51		£51
Deflagration shot			£35		£35
Detonator test (per 100 shots)			£380		£380
Detonator delay time test (per 100 shots)			£232		£232
Gallery shot			£82		£82
Mortar shot			£39		£39
Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)			£72		£72
Part III
Other testing not fixed in Parts I and II			£57 per hour worked		£65 per hour worked
Schedule 2
Approval of respiratory protective equipment			£57 per hour worked		£65 per hour worked
Schedule 3
Original approval of tractor cab			£209		£230
Revision of an existing approval of a tractor cab			£99		£125
Schedule 4
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers			£75		£75
Schedule 5
Licence for work with asbestos insulations or asbestos coating or renewal of licence			£450		£505

Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees	Previous Fee			New Fee
Schedule 6	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests
The Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations 1958	£40	£37.40	£19.50	£40	£40.80	£24.50
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985—
(a) where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in records	£17	£37.40	£19.50	£17	£40.80	£24.50
(b) in other cases	£39	£37.40	£19.50	£39	£40.80	£24.50
Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987	£43	£34.10	£17.50	£43	£40.80	£24.50
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988	£40	£37.40	£19.50	£40	£40.80	£24.50
Schedule 7
On the First Assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment).	£40.50			£41
On each subsequent assessment of an employee—
(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out	£40.50			£24.50
(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out	£18.50			£28
Schedule 8
Group I
Dose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function	£429			£610
Dose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group	£183			£227
Group II
External dosimetry	£500 for one sub-group and £215 for each additional sub-group			£610 for one sub-group and £227 for each additional sub-group
Group III
Internal dosimetry—
(a) Bio-assay or in vivo monitoring or air sampling	£439			£610
(b) for each additional technique	fee charged on a different basis			£227
Type approval of a radiation generator or an apparatus containing a radioactive substance under sub-paragraph (f) or (g) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985	£87			£90
Schedule 9 Part I
Factory licence	£850 plus £45 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept			£363.50 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Magazine licence	£656 plus £45 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept			£363.50 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Factory amending licence	£308 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			£89.50 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Magazine amending licence	£53 plus £11 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be kept			£89.50 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Licence for importation of explosives	£46			£47
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£23			£23
Amendment to an existing licence	£16			£47
Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£49.50			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Replacement of the above licence if lost	£23			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Amendment to an existing licence	£16			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Part II
A store licence	£56.50			£58.50
Renewal of a store licence	£56.50			£58.50
Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£10			£10
Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—
not exceeding 2,500 litres	£27 for each year of licence			£28 for each year of licence
exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£40 for each year of licence			£41.10 for each year of licence
exceeding 50,000	£78 for each year of licence			£81 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	£488			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£216			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£26.40			£15 plus £34 per hourworked by specialist inspector
Part IV
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£26.40			£26.40
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£488			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£33			£15 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Part V
Authorisation or classification of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported with or without a licence	£133			£34 plus £34 per hourworked by specialist inspector
Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967	£139 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector			£122 plus £34 per hour worked by specialist inspector
Part VI
Testing in connection with specified applications in Parts I, III, IV or V	£57 per hour worked			£65 per hour worked
Schedule 10
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence	£251 plus £43 per hour worked			£254 plus £34 per hour worked
Schedule 11
Examinations under the Offshore Installations (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations 1977 or the Offshore Installations (Fire-fighting Equipment) Regulations 1978—
on any day except a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—
between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.	£42 per hour spent			£42 per hour spent
before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m.	£63 per hour spent			£63 per hour spent
on a Saturday	£63 per hour spent			£63 per hour spent
on a Sunday or public holiday	£84 per hour spent			£84 per hour spent
Schedule 12
Vocational training certificates under regulation 5 of the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1992	£2.70			£2.70

The Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.