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Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2003

UK Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 547 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
1revoked
Made
6 March 2003
In force from
1 April 2003
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Firearms, offensive weapons, explosives and poisons
Made under
European Communities Act 1972, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/655). They fix or determine the fees payable by an applicant to, in most cases, the Health and Safety Executive, in respect of an application made for— an approval under mines and quarries legislation (regulation 2 and Schedule 1); an approval of certain respiratory protective equipment (regulation 3 and Schedule 2); an approval of plant or equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (regulation 4 and Schedule 3); an approval of a scheme or programme under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 (regulation 5 and Schedule 4); a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 and the amendment to, replacement of, and reassessment of an application to grant, such a licence (regulation 6 and Schedule 5); an approval of dosimetry services for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 or the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (regulation 9 and Schedule 8); an approval, authorisation or licence etc. under the Explosives Act 1875 and certain instruments made 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); an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 12 and Schedule 10); an approval under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 14 and Schedule 12); an approval under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (regulations 23 and 25 and Schedule 19); an approval under the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 (regulations 24 and 25 and Schedule 20); and in respect of— a vocational training certificate under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 13 and Schedule 11); a vocational training certificate under the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999 (regulation 15 and Schedule 13); a notification or application under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 (regulation 17 and Schedule 14); a notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (regulation 18 and Schedule 15). 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). 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). Besides the increases for fixed fees which are indicated in the table below, the main changes made by these Regulations are the following. Fees are now included for the reassessment of whether to grant an application for an asbestos licence and for amendments to, and replacement of lost, asbestos licences (regulation 6 and Schedule 5). Fees are now included for approval of dosimetry services for the purposes of regulation 14 of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (regulation 9 and Schedule 8). As regards fees in relation to approvals of training under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Offshore Installation and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989, fees are now included for site-visits to investigate complaints and, in certain circumstances, when site-visits are cancelled (regulation 23 and Schedule 19 and regulation 24 and Schedule 20). A copy of the regulatory impact assessments prepared in respect of the new charging provisions in relation to asbestos licensing and approvals of dosimetry services for the purposes of regulation 14 of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive, Economic and Statistical Advice Unit, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HS. Copies of the assessments have been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous fee-charging provisions are as follows: where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records in other cases for laboratory tests where these are carried out for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out Schedule 8 Table 1 Group 1 Bio-assay or in-vivo monitoring or air sampling for each additional technique Schedule 9 Part I quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1)) quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2))

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