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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/655",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-fees-regulations-2002",
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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 2001 (S.I. 2001/2626). 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 or type approval of apparatus under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (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, for the transfer of a licence under the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936, 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);\n(i) an approval under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 14 and Schedule 12);\n(j) an approval under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (regulations 23 and 25 and Schedule 19);\n(k) an approval under the Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 (regulations 24 and 25 and Schedule 20);\nand in respect of—\n(l) a vocational training certificate under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 13 and Schedule 11);\n(m) a vocational training certificate under the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999 (regulation 15 and Schedule 13);\n(n) a notification or application under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 (regulation 17 and Schedule 14);\n(o) a notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (regulation 18 and Schedule 15).\n2 The Regulations fix 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 fix or determine the fees payable by specified persons in the offshore, rail and gas industries for the performance by the Executive of the functions specified in those provisions (regulations 19 to 22 and Schedules 16 to 18).\n4 Besides the increases for fixed fees which are indicated in the table below, the main changes made by these Regulations are the following.\n5 The fee for an application for the classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 or for an authorisation of an explosive under section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875 is now of a fixed amount instead of being the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out (regulation 10(4) and (5) and Part V of Schedule 9).\n6 The fees to be paid under regulation 14 and Schedule 12 (applications for approvals under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996) are no longer of a fixed amount, but are now to be the reasonable cost to the Secretary of State of having the work carried out.\n7 There is a lower fee for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 of the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 in the case of a substance which has already been notified under those Regulations or notified to a competent authority of a European Community member State, than for an evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 where there has been no such earlier notification. There is now also specific provision for the fee for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 6(1) or (2) of those Regulations in the case of polymers of certain amounts for which a reduced test package is acceptable (regulation 18 and Schedule 15).\n8 These Regulations introduce fixed fees for applications for approvals under the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 (regulation 24 and Schedule 20). Supplementary provisions are included with respect to these fees and fees for applications for approvals under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 which provide for repayment of an amount of fees in certain situations (regulation 25). A copy of the regulatory impact assessment prepared in respect of these new provisions for fees for applications for approvals under the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive, Economic Adviser’s Unit, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HS. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.\n9 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\nPercentage Increase\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nOriginal approval\nAmendment of approval\nRenewal of approval\nSchedule 1\nPart I\nApproval of breathing apparatus\n£1,835\n£920\n£65\n£1,880\n£940\n£67\n2.45\n2.17\n3.08\nApproval of dust respirators\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\n—\n—\nApproval of explosives\n£275\n£190\n£65\n£280\n£195\n£67\n1.82\n2.63\n3.08\nApproval of locomotive or other vehicle\n£3,580\n£910\n£65\n£3,670\n£930\n£67\n2.51\n2.20\n3.08\nApproval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones\n£1,110\n£715\n£65\n£1,140\n£730\n£67\n2.70\n2.10\n3.08\nApproval of methanometers\n£510\n£310\n£65\n£520\n£320\n£67\n1.96\n3.23\n3.08\nApproval of electric safety lamps\n£510\n£310\n£65\n£520\n£320\n£67\n1.96\n3.23\n3.08\nApproval of other types of apparatus essential for safety\n£265\n£265\n£65\n£270\n£270\n£67\n1.89\n1.89\n3.08\nPart II\nBallistic pendulum shot\n£130\n£135\n3.85\nBreak test shot\n£210\n£215\n2.38\nDeflagration\n£165\n£170\n3.03\nDetonator test (per 100 shots)\n£1,280\n£1,315\n2.73\nDetonator delay time test (per 100 shots\n£1,015\n£1,040\n2.46\nGallery shot\n£240\n£245\n2.08\nMortar shot\n£130\n£135\n3.85\nVelocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)\n£415\n£425\n2.41\nPart III\nOther testing not fixed in Part II\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\nSchedule 2\nApproval of respiratory protective equipment\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\nSchedule 3\nOriginal approval of tractor cab\n£390\n£400\n2.56\nRevision of an existing approval of a tractor cab\n£215\n£220\n2.33\nSchedule 4\nApproval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers\n£75\n£77\n2.67\nSchedule 5\nLicence for work with asbestos insulations, asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board or renewal of licence\n£615\n£738\n20\nBasic\nX-Rays\nLaboratory tests\nBasic\nX-Rays\nLaboratory tests\nBasic\nX-Rays\nLaboratory tests\nSchedule 6\nThe Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999\n(a) where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records\n£29\n£56\n£33\n£30\n£58\n£34\n3.45\n3.57\n3.03\n(b) in other cases\n£52\n£56\n£33\n£57\n£58\n£34\n9.62\n3.57\n3.03\nControl of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987\n£54\n£56\n£33\n£57\n£58\n£34\n5.56\n3.57\n3.03\nControl of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999\n£54\n£56\n£33\n£57\n£58\n£34\n5.56\n3.57\n3.03\nThe Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996\n£54\n£56\n£33\n£57\n£58\n£34\n5.56\n3.57\n3.03\nSchedule 7\nOn the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment)\n£56\n£57\n1.79\nOn each subsequent assessment of an employee—\n(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out\n£33\n£34\n3.03\n(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out\n£33\n£34\n3.03\nSchedule 8\nGroup I\nFee\nHourly rate\nDose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function\n£156 plus £72 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£187 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n19.87\n19.44\nDose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group\n£156 plus £72 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£187 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n19.87\n19.44\nGroup II\nExternal dosimetry\n£156 plus £72 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£187 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n19.87\n19.44\nGroup III\nInternal dosimetry\n(a) Bio-assay or in-vivo monitoring or air sampling\n£156 plus £72 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£187 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n19.87\n19.44\n(b) for each additional technique\n£156 plus £72 hour per worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£187 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n19.87\n19.44\nType approval of apparatus under sub-paragraph 1(c)(i) or 1(d)(i) respectively of Schedule 1 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999\n£110 plus £72 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n£113 plus £86 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector\n2.73\n19.44\nSchedule 9\nPart 1\nFactory licence\n£430 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£516 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n20\n19.70\nMagazine licence\n£430 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£516 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n20\n19.70\nFactory amending licence\n£310 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£372 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n20\n19.70\nMagazine amending licence\n£310 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£372 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n20\n19.70\nReplacement of the above licences if lost\n£39\n£46\n17.95\n—\nLicence for importation of compressed acetylene\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nReplacement of the above licence if lost\n£26\n£31\n19.23\n—\nAmendment to an existing licence\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nPart II\nA store licence\n£69\n£71\n2.90\n—\nRenewal of a store licence\n£69\n£71\n2.90\n—\nRegistration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority\n£12\n£13\n8.33\n—\nLicence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—\nnot exceeding 2,500 litres\n£33 for each year of licence\n£34 for each year of licence\n3.03\n—\nexceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres\n£48 for each year of licence\n£49 for each year of licence\n2.08\n—\nexceeding 50,000\n£95 for each year of licence\n£97 for each year of licence\n2.11\n—\nTransfer of petroleum spirit licence\n£8\n£8\n—\n—\nPart III\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nAmendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nApproval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nPart IV\nComparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance\n£48\n£57\n18.75\n—\nOriginal approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n19.23\n19.70\nAmendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed\n£26 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n£31 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n19.23\n19.70\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\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n£55 per hour worked\n—\n—\nGrant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967\n£190 plus £66 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n£195 plus £79 per hour worked by Specialist inspector\n2.63\n19.70\nTesting in connection with specified applications in Parts I, III, IV or V\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the test carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 10\nGrant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence\n£550 plus £66 per hour worked\n£565 plus £79 per hour worked\n2.73\n19.70\nSchedule 11\nVocational training certificates under regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996\n£2.90\n£3\n3.45\n—\nSchedule 12\nCarriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996\nApproval of training\n£1,025\nReasonable cost to the Secretary of State of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nFor approval of a refresher course under regulation 4(6)(a)\n£1,025\nReasonable cost to the Secretary of State of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nFee for renewal of approval\n£615\nReasonable cost to the Secretary of State of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 13\nVocational training certificates under regulation 7 of the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999\nReasonable cost to the Secretary of State or the person designated by him for the purpose of issuing vocational training certificates of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Secretary of State or the person designated by him for the purpose of issuing vocational training certificates of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 14\nGenetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000\nNotification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1)\n£230\n£240\n4.35\n—\nNotification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 2 under regulation 10(1), except a notification to which paragraph 4(1) or paragraph 5(1) or Schedule 10 applies\n£440\n£480\n9.09\n—\nNotification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1) at the same time as notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 2 under regulation 10(1)\n£440\n£480\n9.09\n—\nNotification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 3 under regulation 11(1), except a notification to which paragraph 4(2) or paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 10 applies\n£475\n£520\n9.47\n—\nNotification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1) at the same time as notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 3 under regulation 11(1)\n£475\n£520\n9.47\n—\nNotification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 4 under regulation 11(1), except a notification to which paragraph 4(2) or paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 10 applies\n£550\n£600\n9.09\n—\nNotification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1) at the same time as notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 4 under regulation 11(1)\n£550\n£600\n9.09\n—\nNotification of an activity involving genetic modification or organisms other than micro-organisms under regulation 12(1)\n£440\n£480\n9.09\n—\nNotification of the intention to use premises for the purpose of undertaking genetic modification under regulation 9(1) at the same time as notification of an activity involving genetic modification of organisms other than micro-organisms under regulation 12(1)\n£440\n£480\n9.09\n—\nNotification of an additional information under regulation 15(3)\n£330\n£360\n9.09\n—\nApplication for the written agreement of the competent authority under regulation 18(2) where the application is made after a notification has been submitted pursuant to regulation 9(1), 10(1), 11(1) or 12(1)\n£330\n£360\n9.09\n—\nSchedule 15\nNotification of New Substances Regulations 1993\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 (“base set”)\n£4,630\n£4,630\n—\n—\nAdditional fee to the fee above for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 where there is no adequate risk assessment\n£2,220 plus £388.50 VAT\n£2,220 plus £388.50 VAT\n—\n—\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(a) (>10 tonnes per year)\n£2,250\n£2,430\n8.00\n—\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(b) (>100 tonnes per year)\n£4,730\n£4,780\n1.06\n—\nFor the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(c) (>1,000 tonnes per year)\n£3,935\n£3,350\n(14.87 decrease)\n—\nFor a notification under regulation 6—\n(a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1))\n£780\n£935\n19.87\n—\n(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2))\n£495\n£590\n19.19\n—\nAdditional fee to the fee above for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 6 where there is no adequate risk assessment—\n(a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1))\n£540 plus £94.50 VAT\n£540 plus £94.50 VAT\n—\n—\n(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2))\n£540 plus £94.50 VAT\n£540 plus £94.50 VAT\n—\n—\nFor an application made by a notifier for an exemption relating to him under regulation 23\n£2,250\n£2,430\n8.00\n—\nSchedule 16\nOffshore installations\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 17\nRailway functions\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 18\nGas safety functions\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\nReasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out\n—\n—\nSchedule 19\nPart I\nFee for original approval £870\nFee for an additional site-visit£310\nFee for renewal of approval£60\nFee for original approval£890\nFee for an additional site-visit£320\nFee for renewal of approval £62\n2.30\n3.23\n3.33\nPart II\nFee for initial site visit£345\nFee for any additional site-visit£310\nFee for initial site visit£355\nFee for any additional site-visit£320\n2.90\n3.23",
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