The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2001

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 FEES PAYABLE UNDER THE MINES AND QUARRIES PROVISIONS

PART I FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF PLANT, APPARATUS OR SUBSTANCE UNDER THE MINES AND QUARRIES PROVISIONS

1	2	3	4
Subject matter of approval	Fee for an original approval	Fee for amendment of approval	Fee for renewal of approval
(a) Approval of breathing apparatus	£1,835	£920	£65
(b) Approval of dust respirators	the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out
(c) Approval of explosives	£275	£190	£65
(d) Approval of locomotive or other vehicle	£3,580	£910	£65
(e) Approval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones	£1,110	£715	£65
(f) Approval of methanometers	£510	£310	£65
(g) Approval of electric safety lamps	£510	£310	£65
(h) Approval of other types of apparatus	£265	£265	£65

PART II FEES FOR TESTING EXPLOSIVES AND DETONATORS UNDER THE MINES AND QUARRIES PROVISIONS

1	2
Test	Fee for test
(a) Ballistic pendulum shot	£130
(b) Break test shot	£210
(c) Deflagration shot	£165
(d) Detonator test (per 100 shots)	£1,280
(e) Detonator delay time test (per 100 shots)	£1,015
(f) Gallery shot	£240
(g) Mortar shot	£130
(h) Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)	£415

PART III FEES FOR OTHER TESTING

The fee for any testing not fixed by Part II of this Schedule shall be the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out.

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

1	2
Subject matter of approval	Fee
Approval of respiratory protective equipment	the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work, including any testing, carried out

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 3 FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE AGRICULTURE (TRACTO RCABS) REGULATIONS 1974

1	2
Subject matter of approval	Fee
(a) Original approval of tractor cab	£390
(b) Revision of an existing approval of a tractor cab	£215

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 4 FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE FREIGHT CONTAINERS (SAFETY CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1984

1	2
Subject matter of approval	Fee
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers	£75

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 5 FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE UNDER THE ASBESTOS (LICENSING) REGULATIONS 1983

1	2
Subject matter of licence	Fee
Licence for work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board or renewal of (original) licence	£615

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 6 FEES FOR EXAMINATION OR SURVEILLANCE BY AN EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL ADVISER

1	2	3	4	5
Provision	Reference	Basic fee	Additional fees where appropriate
			Fee for X-Rays	Fee for Laboratory tests
(a) The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/3232	£29 where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records £52 in other cases	£56	£33
(b) The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987	S.I. 1987/2115	£54	£56	£33
(c) The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/437	£54	£56	£33
(d) The Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996	S.I. 1996/1656	£54	£56	£33

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 7 FEES FOR MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE BY AN EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL ADVISER UNDER THE CONTROL OF LEAD AT WORK REGULATIONS 1998

1	2
Item	Fee
(a) On the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment)	£56
(b) On each subsequent assessment of an employee—
(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out	£33
(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out	£33

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 8 FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OR REASSESSMENT OF APPROVAL OF DOSIMETRY SERVICES AND FOR TYPE APPROVAL OF APPARATUS UNDER THE IONISING RADIATIONS REGULATIONS 1999

1	2	3
Description	Fee	Fee for work by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector
Approval or reassessment of approval of Dosimetry Services granted under regulation 35 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
Group I
Dose record keeping
(a) Where the application is solely in respect of Group 1 functions	£156	£72 per hour worked
(b) Where the application for Group 1 functions is linked to an application in respect of functions in another group	£156	£72 per hour worked
Group II
External dosimetry
(a) Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) film	£156	£72 per hour worked
(b) Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) thermoluminescent dosemeter (TLD)	£156	£72 per hour worked
(c) Whole body (neutron), other than sub-groups (a) or (b)	£156	£72 per hour worked
(d) Whole body, other than sub-groups (a), (b) or (c)	£156	£72 per hour worked
(e) Extremity monitoring	£156	£72 per hour worked
(f) Accident dosimetry, other than in the previous sub-groups	£156	£72 per hour worked
Group III
Internal dosimetry
(a) Bio-assay, in-vivo monitoring or air sampling	£156	£72 per hour worked
(b) For each additional one of the above techniques	£156	£72 per hour worked
Type approval of apparatus under sub-paragraph 1(c)(i) or 1(d)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (which excepts such type approved apparatus from the notification requirements of regulation 6 of those Regulations)	£110	£72 per hour worked

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 9 FEES PAYABLE UNDER THE EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875 AND INSTRUMENTS MADE THERE UNDER, UNDER THE PETROLEUM (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1928, THE PETROLEUM (TRANSFER OF LICENCES) ACT 1936 AND THE CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF EXPLOSIVES REGULATIONS 1983

PART I APPLICATIONS FOR FACTORY LICENCES, MAGAZINE LICENCES, ACETYLENE IMPORTATION LICENCES AND AMENDING LICENCES UNDER SECTIONS 6, 12 AND 40(9) OF THE EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875 AND REPLACEMENT OF SUCH LICENCES

1	2	3	4
Provision under which a licence is granted	Purpose of Application	Fee	Fee for work by Specialist Inspector
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 6 (as applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40)	Factory licence	£430	£66 per hour worked
	Magazine licence	£430	£66 per hour worked
	Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£39
Section 12 (as applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40)	Factory amending licence	£310	£66 per hour worked
	Magazine amending licence	£310	£66 per hour worked
	Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£39
Section 40(9)(1) as applied to compressed acetylene by the Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978(2)	Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£26	£66 per hour worked
	Replacement of the above licence if lost	£26
	Amendment to an existing licence	£26	£66 per hour worked

PART II FEE OR MAXIMUM FEE PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANTING AND RENEWAL OF AN EXPLOSIVES STORE LICENCE, THE REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR KEEPING EXPLOSIVES AND THE GRANTING AND TRANSFER OF PETROLEUM-SPIRIT LICENCES

1	2	3
Provision under which a fee or maximum fee is payable	Purpose of application	Fee or maximum fee
Note: 1. Part I of the Explosives Act 1875 (which includes sections 15, 18 and 21) is applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40 of that Act. 2. In the case of a solid substance for which by virtue of an Order in Council made under section 19 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 a licence is required, the fee payable under this Schedule shall be calculated as if one kilogram of the substance were equivalent to one litre 3. The fee payable for a licence of more or less than one year’s duration shall be the fee set out above increased or decreased, as the case may be, proportionately according to the duration of the period for which the licence is granted or renewed.
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 15 (see note 1)	A store licence	£69
Section 18 (see note 1)	Renewal of a store licence	£69
Section 21 (see note 1)	Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£12
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 c. 32
Section 4 (see notes 2 and 3)	Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity—
	not exceeding 2,500 litres	£33 for each year of licence
	exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£48 each year of licence
	exceeding 50,000 litres	£95 for each year of licence
Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 c. 27
Section 1(4)	Transfer of petroleum spirit licence	£8

PART III APPLICATIONS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THE PROVISO TO ORDER IN COUNCIL (No. 30) OF 2nd FEBRUARY 1937(3) FOR APPROVALS OF PREMISES AND APPARATUS IN WHICH ACETYLENE IS TO BE MANUFACTURED OR KEPT

1	2	3
Purpose of application	Fee	Fee for work by Specialist Inspector
(a) Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£26	£66 per hour worked
(b) Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£26	£66 per hour worked
(c) Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£26	£66 per hour worked

PART IV APPLICATIONS FOR COMPARISONS AND APPROVALS IN RESPECT OF CONDITIONS (1) AND (8) IN THE ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE (No. 9) OF 23rd JUNE 1919(4)

1	2	3
Purpose of application	Fee	Fee for work by Specialist Inspector
(a) Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£48
(b) Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£26	£66 per hour worked
(c) Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£26	£66 per hour worked

PART V MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS

1	2	3
Purpose of application	Fee	Fee for work by Specialist Inspector
(a) Classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983(5) or authorisation of an explosive under section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875(6)	the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out
(b) Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967(7)	£190	£66 per hour worked

PART VI FURTHER FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN TESTING REQUIRED BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

1	2
Purpose of application	Fee
(a) Application for a licence for the importation of compressed acetylene (Part I above)	the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out
(b) Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept (Part III above)	ditto
(c) Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance (Part IV above)	ditto
(d) Classification 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 (Part V above)	ditto
(d) Application for a licence to manufacture explosives in pursuance of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967 (Part V above)	ditto

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 10 FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OR ALTERATION OF THE TERMS OF AN EXPLOSIVES LICENCE UNDER PART IX OF THE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES IN HARBOUR AREAS REGULATIONS 1987

1	2
Purpose of Application	Fee
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence	£550 plus £66 per hour worked

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 11 FEE FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNDER THE CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (DRIVER TRAINING) REGULATIONS 1996

1	2
Description	Fee
Issue or extension of vocational training certificate	£2.90

Regulation 14

SCHEDULE 12 FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS UNDER THE CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (DRIVER TRAINING) REGULATIONS 1996

1	2	3
Purpose of Application	Fee for an original approval	Fee for renewal of approval
(a) For approval of training	£1,025	£615
(b) For approval of a refresher course	£1,025	£615

Regulation 15

SCHEDULE 13 VOCATIONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATES UNDER THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS (SAFETY ADVISERS) REGULATIONS 1999

1	2
Description	Fee
Issue or extension of vocational training certificate	the reasonable 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

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 14 FEES FOR NOTIFICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS UNDER THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (CONTAINED USE) REGULATIONS 2000

1	2
Description	Fee
(a) Notification of intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1)	£230
(b) Notification 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) of Schedule 10 applies	£440
(c) Notification 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)	£440
(d) Notification 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	£475
(e) Notification 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)	£475
(f) Notification 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	£550
(g) Notification 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 the notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 4 under regulation 11(1)	£550
(h) Notification of an activity involving genetic modification of organisms other than micro-organisms under regulation 12(1)	£440
(i) Notification 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 of organisms other than micro-organisms under regulation 12(1)	£440
(j) Notification of additional information under regulation 15(3)	£330
(k) Application 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)	£330

Regulation 18

SCHEDULE 15 FEES FOR NOTIFICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF NEW SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 1993

PART I

1	2
Subject matter	Fee payable
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 (“base set”)	£4,630
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(a) (> 10 tonnes per year)	£2,250
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)b (> 100 tonnes per year)	£4,730
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(c) (> 1,000 tonnes per year)	£3,935
For a notification under regulation 6—
(a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1))	£780
(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2))	£495
For an application made by a notifier for an exemption relating to him under regulation 23	£2,250

PART II

1	2
Circumstances described	Fee payable
Where, in the opinion of the Executive, an adequate risk assessment has not been included with a notification under regulation 4 (“base set”)	£2,220 (plus £388.50 VAT)
Where, in the opinion of the Executive, an adequate risk assessment has not been included with a notification under regulation 6—
(a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1))	£540 (plus £94.50 VAT)
(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2))	£540 (plus £94.50 VAT)

Regulation 19

SCHEDULE 16 FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS

1	2
Function	Person by whom fee is payable
Assessing a safety case (sent to the Executive pursuant to regulation 4(1) of the 1992 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to raise matters relating to health and safety and raising such matters	The operator who sent the safety case to the Executive pursuant to that provision
Assessing a safety case or a revision to a safety case (sent to the Executive pursuant to any other provision of the 1992 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to accept that safety case or revision and accepting any such safety case or revision	The operator or owner who sent the safety case or revision to the Executive pursuant to that provision
Providing advice with respect to the preparation of a safety case or revision to a safety case which is proposed to be sent to the Executive pursuant to any provision of the 1992 Regulations	The operator or owner who has requested that advice
Assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 17 of the 1992 Regulations and granting any such exemption	The operator or owner who has requested the exemption

Regulation 20

SCHEDULE 17 FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF RAILWAY SAFETY FUNCTIONS

1	2
Function	Person by whom fee is payable
Assessing a safety case or a revision of a safety case (sent to the Executive pursuant to any provision of the 2000 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to accept that safety case or revision, and accepting any such safety case or revision	The railway operator who has prepared that safety case pursuant to that provision
Assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 11 of the 2000 Regulations and granting any such exemption	The railway operator who has requested the exemption
Providing advice with respect to the preparation of a safety case or revision to a safety case which is proposed to be sent to the Executive pursuant to any provision of the 2000 Regulations	The railway operator who has requested that advice
Assessing whether to grant an approval pursuant to any provision of the Approval Regulations and granting any such approval	The operator or manufacturer (within the meaning of the Approval Regulations) who has made the application for the approval, or on whose behalf the application has been made
Providing advice with respect to a proposed application for the grant of an approval pursuant to the Approval Regulations	The operator or manufacturer (within the meaning of the Approval Regulations) who has requested that advice
Assessing whether to make and making an order in relation to a level crossing pursuant to the Level Crossings Act 1983(8) and to an agreement made pursuant to section 13(1)(b) of the 1974 Act	The operator within the meaning of the Level Crossings Act 1983
Assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 6 of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999(9) and granting any such exemption	The railway operator who has requested the exemption

Regulation 21

SCHEDULE 18 FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF GAS SAFETY FUNCTIONS

1	2
Function	Person by whom fee is payable
Assessing a safety case or a revision of a safety case (sent to the Executive pursuant to any provision of the 1996 Regulations) for the purpose of deciding whether to accept that safety case or revision, and accepting any such safety case or revision	The person conveying gas or the network emergency co-ordinator who has prepared the safety case or revision pursuant to that provision
Providing advice with respect to the preparation of a safety case or revision to a safety case which is proposed to be sent to the Executive pursuant to any provision of the 1996 Regulations	The person conveying gas or the network co-ordinator who has requested that advice
Assessing whether to grant an exemption pursuant to regulation 11 of the 1996 Regulations	The operator or owner who has requested the exemption

Regulation 23

SCHEDULE 19 FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY (FIRST-AID) REGULATIONS 1981

PART I

1	2	3
Fee for an original approval	Fee for an additional site visit	Fee for renewal of approval
£870	£310	£60

PART II

1	2
Fee for an initial site-visit	Fee for any additional site visit
£345	£310

Regulation 24

SCHEDULE 20 REVOCATIONS

1	2	3
Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Quarries Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/2024	Regulation 48(2) and Part II of Schedule 5 to the extent that they modify the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1999(10)
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/3232	Regulation 41(1) to the extent that it modifies S.I. 1999/645, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 9
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2482	The whole Regulations
The Railways (Safety Case) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2688	Regulation 18(1) and Schedule 3 to the extent that they amend S.I. 2000/2482
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2831	Regulations 27 and 31(5) and Schedule 9

(1)

Section 40(9) was amended by S.I. 1974/1885 and was applied to compressed acetylene by S.I. 1978/1723; the effect of section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17) in so far as it applied to acetylene by virtue of Order in Council (No. 30) dated 2nd February 1937 (S.R. & O. 1937/54) was saved by regulation 12 of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Placing on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2714).

(2)

S.I. 1978/1723.

(3)

S.R. & O. 1937/54; relevant amending instruments are S.R. & O. 1947/805 and S.I. 1974/1885.

(4)

S.R. & O. 1919/809; amended by S.I. 1974/1885.

(5)

S.I. 1983/1140.

(6)

1875 c. 17; section 40(9) was modified by regulation 12, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Placing on the Market and Supervision of Transfers of Explosives Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2714).

(7)

S.I. 1967/1485.

(8)

1983 c. 16; the Act was amended by the Level Crossings Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/487).

(9)

S.I. 1999/2244.

(10)

S.I. 1999/645, revoked by S.I. 2000/2482.