The Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Fees payable in relation to the Explosives Regulations 2014 and the Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014: proposed variation or variation of a licence without an application

8.—(1) Schedule 7 (fees payable in relation to the Explosives Regulations 2014, the 2014 Acetylene Regulations etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1—

(a) in column 2—

(i) in the heading, after “application” insert “or exercise of function”;

(ii) after “Varying”, in both places it occurs, insert “, or proposing to vary,”;

(b) in column 3—

(i) in the entries relating to regulation 13 of the Explosives Regulations 2014 as extended by regulation 2 of those Regulations—

(aa) for “£670”, in both places it occurs, substitute “£683 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(bb) for “£248” substitute “£253 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(cc) for “£88” substitute “£90 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(ii) in the entry relating to regulation 16 of the Explosives Regulations 2014, for “£460” substitute—

“(a) where the licensing authority proposes to vary a licence but does not in fact make any variation, £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors;

(b) in any other case, £469 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(c) omit column 4.

(3) In Part 2—

(a) in column 1, in the heading, after “made” insert “or function is exercised”;

(b) in column 2—

(i) in the heading, after “application” insert “or exercise of function”;

(ii) in the entry relating to regulation 16 of the Explosives Regulations 2014—

(aa) for “Varying a licence” substitute “Varying, or proposing to vary, a licence”;

(bb) for “licensee” substitute “explosives licensee”;

(cc) after “kind of variation” insert “or any proposal to vary a licence”;

(c) in note (e), for “the direction of” substitute “the duration of”.

(4) In Part 3, in each of notes (b) to (e), for “is as granted” substitute “is granted”.

(5) In Part 4—

(a) in column 1, in the heading, after “application” insert “, or exercise of function,”;

(b) in column 1, in the entry beginning “application to vary a licence” after “regulation 6” insert “or variation of a licence under regulation 9(5)(a)”;

(c) in column 2—

(i) in the entry relating to an original application for a licence, for “£42” substitute “£43 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(ii) in the entry relating to an application to renew a licence under regulation 6, for “£42” substitute “£43 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(iii) in the entry relating to an application to vary a licence under regulation 6 (as amended by sub-paragraph (b) above), for “£42” substitute—

“(a) where the licensing authority proposes to vary a licence but does not in fact make any variation, £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors;

(b) in any other case, £469 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(iv) in the entry relating to an application to transfer a licence under regulation 6, for “£42” substitute “£43 plus £138 per hour worked by a member of the licensing authority’s staff or one of its inspectors”;

(d) omit column 3.

(6) In Part 5, in column 3—

(a) for “certification”, in both places it occurs, substitute “certificate”;

(b) for “or each year” substitute “for each year”.