The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1989

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 20th April 1989.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

“approval” unless otherwise stated includes the amendment of an approval, and “amendment of an approval” includes the issue of a new approval replacing the original incorporating an amendment;

“employment medical adviser” means an employment medical adviser appointed under section 56(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

“the mines and quarries provisions” means such of the relevant statutory provisions as relate exclusively to–

(a)

mines and quarries within the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954(1);

(b)

tips within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969(2),

and includes regulations, rules and orders relating to a particular mine (whether they are continued in force by regulation 7(3) of the Mines and Quarries Acts 1954 to 1971 (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974(3) or are health and safety regulations);

“original approval” and “original authority” do not include an amendment of an approval or an amendment of an authority;

“renewal of approval” or “renewal of licence” means respectively the granting of an approval or licence to follow a previous approval or licence without any amendment or gap in time;

“respiratory protective equipment” includes any respirator and any breathing apparatus.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to–

(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;

(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears.

(1)

1954 c. 70.

(2)

1969 c. 10.

(3)

S.I. 1974/2013.