Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
(2)
In these Regulations—
“approval” 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 1974 Act;
“the mines and quarries provisions” means such of the relevant statutory provisions as relate exclusively to—
(a)
(b)
(c)
“original approval” does not include an amendment of an approval;
“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; and
“working days” does not include weekends or public holidays.