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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2505",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2791). They fix or determine the fees payable by an applicant to the Health and Safety Executive 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 (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);\n(c) an approval of plant or equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (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 (regulation 6 and Schedule 5);\n(f) an approval of dosimetry services and 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, 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);\n(h) an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 12 and Schedule 10);\nand in respect of—\n(i) a vocational training certificate under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 13 and Schedule 11);\n(j) a notification under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 (regulation 15 and Schedule 12);\n(k) a notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (regulation 16 and Schedule 13).\n2 The Regulations also update 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).\n3 The Regulations update 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).\n4 The Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.\n5 The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous fee-charging provisions are as follows:\nProvision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees\nPrevious Fee\nNew Fee\nSchedule 1\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nPart I\nApproval of breathing apparatus\n£1,077\n£538\n£56\n£1,298\n£649\n£56\nApproval of dust respirators\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nApproval of explosives\n£199\n£137\n£56\n£199\n£137\n£56\nApproval of locomotive or other vehicle\n£2,131\n£558\n£56\n£2,552\n£647\n£56\nApproval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones\n£660\n£431\n£56\n£789\n£506\n£56\nApproval of methanometers\n£317\n£203\n£56\n£364\n£223\n£56\nApproval of electric safety lamps\n£317\n£203\n£56\n£364\n£223\n£56\nApproval of other types of apparatus essential for safety\n£161\n£161\n£56\n£187\n£187\n£56\nPart II\nBallistic pendulum shot\n£70\n£93\nBreak test shot\n£100\n£143\nDeflagration\n£75\n£110\nDetonator test (per 100 shots)\n£670\n£900\nDetonator delay time test (per 100 shots)\n£485\n£690\nGallery shot\n£133\n£172\nMortar shot\n£69\n£92\nVelocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)\n£182\n£274\nPart III\nOther testing not fixed in Parts I and II\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nSchedule 2\nApproval of respiratory protective equipment\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nSchedule 3\nOriginal approval of tractor cab\n£248\n£269\nRevision of an existing approval of a tractor cab\n£140\n£148\nSchedule 4\nApproval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers\n£75\n£75\nSchedule 5\nLicence for work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating or renewal of licence\n£362\n£362\nBasic\nX-Rays\nLaboratory tests\nBasic\nX-Rays\nLaboratory tests\nSchedule 6\nThe Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985\n(a) where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records\n£24.90\n46.50\n£27.90\n£26\n£47\n£28\n(b) in other cases\n£40.60\n£46.50\n£27.90\n£42\n£47\n£28\nControl of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987\n£45.65\n£46.50\n£27.90\n£46.50\n£47\n£28\nControl of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994\n£45.65\n£46.50\n£27.90\n£46.50\n£47\n£28\nThe Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996\n£43.65\n£46.50\n£27.90\n£43.65\n£47\n£28\nSchedule 7\nOn the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment).\n£47\n£47\nOn each subsequent assessment of an employee—\n(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out\n£27.90\n£28\n(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out\n£28\n£29\nProvision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees\nPrevious Fee\nNew Fee\nSchedule 8\nGroup I\nDose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function\n£60 plus £39.45 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£96 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\nDose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group\n£60 plus £39.45 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£96 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\nGroup II\nExternal dosimetry\n£60 plus £39.45 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£96 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\nGroup III\nInternal dosimetry\n(a) Bio-assay or in-vivo monitoring or air sampling\n£60 plus £39.45 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£96 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n(b) for each additional technique\n£60 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£96 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\nType 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\n£97 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£99 plus £46.21 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\nSchedule 9 Part I\nFactory licence\n£455.25 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£522 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nMagazine licence\n£455.25 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£552 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nFactory amending licence\n£178.50 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£214 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nMagazine amending licence\n£178.50 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£214 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nReplacement of one of the above licences if lost\n£24\n£25\nLicence for importation of compressed acetylene\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nReplacement of the above licence if lost\n£24\n£25\nAmendment to an existing licence\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nPart II\nA store licence\n£62\n£63.70\nRenewal of a store licence\n£62\n£63.70\nRegistration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority\n£10.60\n£10.90\nLicence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—\nnot exceeding 2,500\n£29.60 for each year of licence\n£30.40 for each year of licence\nlitres exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres\n£43.75 for each year of licence\n£45 for each year of licence\nexceeding 50,000 litres\n£86.05 for each year of licence\n£88.40 for each year of licence\nTransfer of petroleum spirit licence\n£7.05\n£7.20\nPart III\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nAmendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nApproval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nPart IV\nComparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance\n£28.65\n£30\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nAmendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed\n£16.20 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£16.70 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nPart V\nClassification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 or authorisation of an explosive under section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875\n£70.30 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£133\nGrant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967\n£151.75 plus £38.17 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£162 plus £40.05 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\nPart VI\nTesting in connection with specified applications in Parts I, III, IV or V\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out\nSchedule 10\nGrant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence\n£320 plus £38.17 per hour worked\n£390 plus £38.17 per hour worked\nSchedule 11\nVocational training certificates under regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996\n£2.80\n£2.80\nSchedule 12\nGenetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992\nNotification of intention to use premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time under regulation 8 other than a case where a consent is required under regulation 8(3)\n£54.50\n£111\nNotification of intention to use premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time, where a consent is required under regulation 8(3)\n£58.90\n£111\nNotification of individual activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9, other than in a case where a consent is required under regulation 9(5)\n£62.40\n£125\nNotification of individual activities involving genetic modification where a consent is required under regulation 9(5)\n£120.20\n£240\nSchedule 13\nNotification of New Substances Regulations 1993\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 (“base set”) (see note 1)\n£6,090 plus £350 VAT\n£6,090 plus £350 VAT\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(a) (>10 tonnes per year)\n£2,000\n£2,000\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(b) (>100 tonnes per year)\n£4,200\n£4,200\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(c) (>1000 tonnes per year)\n£3,500\n£3,500\nFor a notification under regulation 6 (see note 2)—\n(a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100kg (regulation 6(1))\n£1,170 plus £87.50 VAT\n£1,170 plus £87.50 VAT\n(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100kg (regulation 6(2))\n£915 plus £87.50 VAT\n£915 plus £87.50 VAT\nFor an application made by a notifier for an exemption relating to him under regulation 23\n£2,000\n£2,000\nNote 1. Rebate where an adequate draft risk assessment is included\n£2,000 plus £350 VAT\n£2,000 plus £350 VAT\nNote 2. Rebate where an adequate draft risk assessment is included\n£500 plus £87.50 VAT\n£500 plus £87.50 VAT",
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