The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations update and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1987 (Schedule 12). 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, blasting helmets, 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 and the Poisonous Substances in Agriculture Regulations 1984 (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, for the transfer of a licence under the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936, and for the purpose of each of the exemption orders made under the Gas Cylinders (Conveyance) Regulations 1931 (regulation 10 and Schedule 9). The Home Office Specifications referred to in Part V of Schedule 9 are obtainable from the Health and Safety Executive, Technical Division 2A, Mechanical Systems Unit, Magdalen House, Stanley Precinct, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3QZ;

(h) testing for the purpose of 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).

2.  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).

3.  In the case of approval of respiratory protective equipment under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987 (regulation 3 and Schedule 2) a fee is fixed for the first time.

4.  The fees fixed in relation to a medical examination by regulation 16(8) of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987 and in relation an application for an explosives licence by regulation 35(2) of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 have been consolidated into these Regulations and the two provisions mentioned have been revoked (regulations 7 and 13 and Schedule 12).

5.  The changes to the fees fixed by or determined under the previous Regulations are as follows:—

Provision of these Regulations which changes the previous fee	Previous Fee			New Fee
Schedule 1 Part I
	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval
Approval of breathing apparatus	£508	£498	£35	£620	£620	£36
Approval of dust respirators	£162	£152	£35	£60	£60	£36
Approval of explosives	£123	£87	£34	£130	£97	£36
Approval of locomotive or other vehicle	£1202	£502	£50	£1381	£502	£36
Approval of signalling apparatus	£122	£51	£50	£122	£89	£36
Approval in any other case under the mines and quarries provisions	£98	£58	£34	£179	£97	£36
Part II
Ballistic pendulum shot	£17			£20
Break test shot	£35			£40
Deflagration shot	£21			£25
Detonator test (per 100 shots)	£304			£201
Gallery shot	£52			£61
Mortar shot	£15			£16
Schedule 2 Part 1
Approval of respiratory protective equipment	£48 per hour worked			£60
Approval of blasting helmets	£48 per hour worked			£40
Schedule 2 Part II
Testing respiratory protective equipment	—			£48 per hour worked
Testing blasting helmets	—			£48 per hour worked
Schedule 3 Part I
Original approval of tractor cab	£106			£126
Revision of existing approval of a tractor cab	£54			£62
Approval of respiratory protective equipment	£50			£60

Provision of these Regulations which changes the previous fee	Previous Fee			New Fee
Schedule 6
	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests
The Indiarubber Regulations 1922	£23.50	£27	£15.50	£25	£30	£17.50
The Chemical Works Regulations 1922	£27.50	£27	£15.50	£29	£30	£17.50
The Patent Fuel Manufacture (Health & Welfare) Special Regulations 1946	£23.50	£27	£15.50	£25	£30	£17.50
The Mule Spinning (Health) Special Regulations 1953	£23.50	£27	£15.50	£25	£30	£17.50
The Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations 1958	£26	£27	£15.50	£27.50	£30	£17.50
The Carcinogenic Substances Regulations 1967	£29	£27	£15.50	£30.50	£30	£17.50
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985	£37	£27	£15.50	£39	£30	£17.50
Surveillance under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 which is confined to examination of, and making of entries in, records	£11.50	—	—	£12.50	—	—

Provision of these Regulations which changes the previous fee	Previous Fee		New Fee
Schedule 7
On the First Assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment).	£36.50		£38.50
On each subsequent assessment of an employee—
(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out	£27		£30
(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out	£12		£13
Schedule 8
	Approval or type approval	Annual reassessment	Approval or type approval	Annual reassessment
Group I
Dose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function	£290	£80	£315	£92
Dose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group	£112	£80	£133	£92
Group II
External dosimetry	£423 for one sub-group and £139 for each additional sub-group	£308 for one sub-group and £80 for each additional sub-group	£475 for one sub-group and £156 for each additional sub-group	£341 for one sub-group and £92 for each additional sub-group
Group III
Internal dosimetry
(a) Strontium 90 and actinides	£600 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group	£229 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group	£600 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group	£256 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group
(b) Any other radionuclide	£413 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £310 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof	£145 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £121 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof	£460 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £325 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof	£165 for up to 5 radio-nuclides and £129 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof
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	£60		£63
Schedule 9 Part 1
Factory licence	£470 plus £26 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept		£572 plus £28 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept
Factory amending licence	£85 plus £6 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		£165 plus £7 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
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£12.50		£14
Magazine licence	£345 plus £26 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept		£455 plus £28 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept
Magazine amending licence	£31 plus £6 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be kept		£33 plus £7 additional fee for each building or other place to be specifed in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be kept
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£12.50		£14
Licence for importation of explosives	£26.50		£29
Licence for importation of a consignment of explosives which are not to be distributed in Great Britain but imported for transhipment only	£26.50		£29
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£13		£14
Amendment to an existing licence	£9		£10
Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£26.50		£29
Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£13		£14
Amendment to an existing licence	£9		£10
Part II
A store licence	£36		£44
Renewal of a store licence	£36		£44
Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£6		£7.50
Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—
not exceeding 2,500 litres,	£20 for each year of licence		£21 for each year of licence
exceeding 2,500 litres, but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£30 for each year of licence		£31 for each year of licence
exceeding 50,000 litres	£59 for each year of licence		£61 for each year of licence
Part III
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£310		£322
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£52		£56
Part IV
Approval of an acetylene cylinder design	£47		£48
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£310		£322
Part V
Approval of a gas cylinder manufacturer	£6,986		£7,023
Approval of the design of a gas cylinder	£47		£48
Approval of a supplier of the material of which a gas cylinder is manufactured	£591		£616
Approval of a gas cylinder inspection body	£1,477		£1,538
Approval of a user of a gas cylinder manufactured and tested in accordance with the provisions of Home Office Specifications LASS 1 or LASW 1	£295		£308
Part VI
Authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale with or without a licence	£82		£83
Grant of an original special packing authority	£50		£70
Amendment to a special packing authority	£19		£20
Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under Article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967	£73		£81
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	£42 per hour worked		£44 per hour worked
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£42 per hour worked		£44 per hour worked
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£42 per hour worked		£44 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	£42 per hour worked		£44 per hour worked
Schedule 10
Classification of an article, substance combination or unit load	£42 per hour worked		£44 per hour worked
Schedule 11
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence	£150 plus £25 per hour expended		£170 plus £29 per hour worked

6.  The Regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.