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1. These Regulations revoke and replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/676). They consolidate amendments made to those Regulations and also update fees to be charged. They fix or determine the fees payable by an applicant to, in most cases, the Health and Safety Executive, in respect of an application made for —U.K.
(a)an approval under mines and quarries legislation (regulation 2 and Schedule 1);
(b)an approval of plant or equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);
(c)an approval of a scheme or programme under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 (regulation 4 and Schedule 3);
(d)a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 and the amendment to, replacement of, and reassessment of an application to grant, such a licence (regulation 5 and Schedule 4);
(e)an approval of dosimetry services for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 or the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (regulation 8 and Schedule 7);
(f)a licence to manufacture or store explosives or for registration for storing explosives, under the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005, for an acetylene importation licence under section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875, for an approval under certain instruments made under that Act in relation to acetylene, for a licence under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, for the transfer of a licence under the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936, for the approval of a classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983, or for an explosive certificate under the Control of Explosives regulations 1991 (regulation 9 and Schedule 8);
(g)an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 11 and Schedule 9);
(h)an approval under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (regulations 19 and 21 and Schedule 15);
(i)an approval under the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 (regulations 20 and 21 and Schedule 16);
and in respect of—
(j)a notification or application under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 (regulation 13 and Schedule 10);
(k)a notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (regulation 14 and Schedule 11).
2. The Regulations fix 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 6 and 7 and Schedules 5 and 6).U.K.
3. The Regulations fix or determine the fees payable by specified persons in the offshore, rail and gas industries for the performance by the Executive of the functions specified in those provisions (regulations 15 to 18 and Schedules 12 to 14).U.K.
4. The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous fee-charging provisions are as follows:U.K.
Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees | Previous Fee | New Fee | Percentage Increase | ||||||
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Schedule 1 | Original approval | Amendment of approval | Renewal of approval | Original approval | Amendment of approval | Renewal of approval | Original approval | Amendment of approval | Renewal of approval |
Fees under Mines and Quarries provisions | |||||||||
Part 1 | |||||||||
Approval of explosives | £301 | £210 | £73 | £319 | £215 | £75 | 2.66 | 2.38 | 2.74 |
Part 2 | |||||||||
Break test shot | £232 | £238 | 2.59 | ||||||
Deflagration | £184 | £189 | 2.72 | ||||||
Detonator test (per 100 shots) | £1,418 | £1,453 | 2.47 | ||||||
Detonator delay time test (per 100 shots) | £1,122 | £1,150 | 2.50 | ||||||
Gallery shot | £265 | £272 | 2.64 | ||||||
Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots) | £458 | £469 | 2.40 | ||||||
Part 3 | |||||||||
Other testing not fixed in Part 2 | Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out | Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out | |||||||
Schedule 2 | |||||||||
Approvals under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 | |||||||||
Original approval of tractor cab | £432 | £443 | 2.55 | ||||||
Revision of an existing approval of a tractor cab | £238 | £244 | 2.52 | ||||||
Schedule 3 | |||||||||
Approval under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 | |||||||||
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers | £83 | £85 | 2.41 | ||||||
Schedule 4 | |||||||||
Applications under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 | |||||||||
Table 1 | |||||||||
Licence for work with asbestos insulation, asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board or renewal of licence | £998 | £1,023 | 2.51 | ||||||
Table 2 | |||||||||
Re-assessment of licence application | £276 | £276 | 0.00 | ||||||
Amendment of condition, or duration, of licence | £276 | £276 | 0.00 | ||||||
Amendment or replacement, of a licence | £74 | £74 | 0.00 | ||||||
Basic | X-Rays | Laboratory tests | Basic | X-Rays | Laboratory tests | Basic | X-Rays | Laboratory tests | |
Schedule 5 | |||||||||
Examination or surveillance by an employment medical adviser | |||||||||
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 | |||||||||
(a)where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records | £33 | £63 | £37 | £34 | £65 | £38 | 3.03 | 3.17 | 2.70 |
(b)in other cases | £62 | £63 | £37 | £64 | £65 | £38 | 3.23 | 3.17 | 2.70 |
Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 | £62 | £63 | £37 | £64 | £65 | £38 | 3.23 | 3.17 | 2.70 |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 | £62 | £63 | £37 | £64 | £65 | £38 | 3.23 | 3.17 | 2.70 |
The Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996 | £62 | £63 | £37 | £64 | £65 | £38 | 3.23 | 3.17 | 2.70 |
Schedule 6 | |||||||||
Medical surveillance under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 | |||||||||
On the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment) | £62 | £64 | 3.23 | ||||||
On each subsequent assessment of an employee — | |||||||||
(i)for laboratory tests where these are carried out | £37 | £38 | 2.70 | ||||||
(ii)for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out | £37 | £38 | 2.70 | ||||||
Schedule 7 Applications under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 and the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 | |||||||||
Table 1 | |||||||||
Group 1 | Fee | Hourly rate | |||||||
Dose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function | £323 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
Dose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group | £323 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
Group II | |||||||||
External dosimetry | |||||||||
(a)Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) film | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(b)Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) thermoluminescent dosemeter (TLD) | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(c)Whole body (neutron), other than sub-groups (a) or (b) | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(d)Whole body, other than sub-groups (a), (b), or (c) | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(e)Extremity monitoring | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(f)Accident dosimetry, other than in the previous sub-groups | £323 plus £120per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
Group III Internal dosimetry | |||||||||
(a)Bio-assay or in-vivo monitoring or air sampling | £323 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
(b)For each additional technique | £323 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £388 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 20.12 | 2.50 | |||||
Type approval of apparatus under sub-paragraph 1(c)(i) or 1(d)(i) respectively of Schedule 1 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 | £122 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £125 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 2.46 | 2.50 | |||||
Table 2 | |||||||||
Approval or reassessment of approval of Dosimetry Services granted under regulation 35 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 for the purposes of regulation 14 of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 | £1,682 plus £120 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | £1,724 plus £123 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector | 2.50 | 2.50 | |||||
Schedule 8 | |||||||||
Applications etc concerning explosives and petroleum-spirit | |||||||||
Part 1 | |||||||||
Licence to manufacture explosives not being ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate nor relating to on-site mixing | £557 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £571 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.51 | - | |||||
Licence to manufacture ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate | £137 per hour worked | £140 per hour worked | 2.19 | ||||||
Licence to manufacture explosives by means of on-site mixing | £205 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £210 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 0.98 | - | |||||
Renewal of any of the above licences | £73 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £75 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.74 | - | |||||
Licence to store explosives | £557 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £571 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.51 | - | |||||
Renewal of a licence | £73 | £75 | 2.74 | ||||||
Varying a licence to manufacture explosives not being ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate or to store explosives | £381 | £391 | 2.62 | ||||||
Varying a licence to manufacture ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate | £137 per hour worked | £140 per hour worked | 2.19 | ||||||
Transfer of a licence | £47 | £48 | 2.13 | ||||||
Replacement of any licence referred to in Part 1 | £47 | £48 | 2.13 | ||||||
Part 2 | |||||||||
Licence to store explosives: | |||||||||
(a)one year's duration | £100 | £120 | 20.00 | ||||||
(b)two years' duration | £150 | £180 | 20.00 | ||||||
(c)three years' duration | £200 | £225 | 12.50 | ||||||
Renewal of a licence: | |||||||||
(a)one year's duration | £75 | £77 | 2.68 | ||||||
(b)two years' duration | £125 | £128 | 2.40 | ||||||
(c)three years' duration | £175 | £179 | 2.29 | ||||||
Registration in relation to the storage of explosives: | |||||||||
(a)one year's duration | £60 | £72 | 20.00 | ||||||
(b)two years' duration | £90 | £108 | 20.00 | ||||||
(c)three years' duration | £120 | £145 | 20.83 | ||||||
Renewal of registration: | |||||||||
(a)one year's duration | £30 | £36 | 20.00 | ||||||
(b)two years' duration | £60 | £72 | 20.00 | ||||||
(c)three years' duration | £90 | £105 | 16.67 | ||||||
Varying a licence: | |||||||||
(a)varying name of licensee or name of site | £30 | £31 | 3.33 | ||||||
(b)any other kind variation | Reasonable cost to the licensing authority of having the work carried out | Reasonable cost to the licensing authority of having the work carried out | - | ||||||
Transfer of licence or registration | £30 | £31 | 3.33 | ||||||
Replacement of licence or registration referred to above if lost | £30 | £31 | 3.33 | ||||||
Part 3 | |||||||||
Licence for importation of compressed acetylene | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Replacement of the above licence if lost | £34 | £35 | 2.96 | - | |||||
Part 4 | |||||||||
Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity — | |||||||||
- not exceeding 2,500 litres | £37 for each year of licence | £38 for each year of licence | 2.70 | ||||||
- exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres | £52 for each year of licence | £53 for each year of licence | 1.92 | ||||||
- exceeding 50,000 litres | £105 for each year of licence | £108 for each year of licence | 2.86 | ||||||
Transfer of petroleum spirit licence | £8 | £8 | - | ||||||
Part 5 | |||||||||
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Part 6 | |||||||||
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed | £34 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | £35 plus £115 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector | 2.96 | - | |||||
Part 7 | |||||||||
Approval of classification of an explosive | £58 per hour worked | £60 per hour worked | 3.5 | ||||||
Part 8 | |||||||||
Testing in connection with specified applications in Parts 3, 5 and 7 | Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out | Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out | - | - | |||||
Part 9 Table 1 | |||||||||
Explosives certificate for acquiring and keeping explosives | £165 | £169 | 2.42 | ||||||
Renewal of the above certificate | £135 | £138 | 2.22 | ||||||
Explosives certificate for acquiring and keeping explosives for storage of no more than 2000 kg of explosives | £175 | £179 | 2.29 | ||||||
Renewal of the above certificate | £160 | £164 | 2.50 | ||||||
Explosives certificate for acquiring and keeping explosives at site for storage of more than 2000 kg of explosives | £225 | £231 | 2.67 | ||||||
Renewal of the above certificate | £200 | £205 | 2.50 | ||||||
Replacement of any of the above certificates if lost | £30 | £31 | 3.33 | ||||||
Table 2 | |||||||||
Regulation 4(6)(d) check | £5 | £5 | - | ||||||
Schedule 9 | |||||||||
Applications under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 | |||||||||
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence | £609 plus £115 per hour worked | £624 plus £115 per hour worked | 2.46 | 0.00 | |||||
Change of licence name or address | £49 | £50 | 2.03 | ||||||
Schedule 10 | |||||||||
Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 | |||||||||
Notification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9(1) | £415 | £465 | 12.05 | ||||||
Notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 2 under regulation 10(1) | £829 | £929 | 12.06 | ||||||
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) | £829 | £929 | 12.06 | ||||||
Notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 3 under regulation 11(1) | £899 | £1,007 | 12.01 | ||||||
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) | £899 | £1,007 | 12.01 | ||||||
Notification of an activity involving genetic modification in class 4 under regulation 11(1) | £1,037 | £1,161 | 11.96 | ||||||
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 4 under regulation 11(1) | £1,037 | £1,161 | 11.96 | ||||||
Notification of an activity involving genetic modification or organisms other than micro-organisms under regulation 12(1) | £829 | £929 | 12.06 | ||||||
Notification of the intention to use premises for the first time for the purpose of undertaking 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) | £829 | £929 | 12.06 | ||||||
Notification of an additional information under regulation 15(3) | £622 | £696 | 11.09 | ||||||
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) | £622 | £696 | 11.09 | ||||||
Schedule 11 | |||||||||
Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 | |||||||||
Table 1 | |||||||||
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 (“base set”) | £4,987 | £4,987 | 0.00 | ||||||
For the evaluation of a notification of a substance already notified | £2,374 | £2,374 | 0.00 | ||||||
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(a) (>10 tonnes per year) | £2,619 | £2,619 | 0.00 | ||||||
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(b) (>100 tonnes per year) | £5,154 | £5,154 | 0.00 | ||||||
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(c) (> 1,000 tonnes per year) | £3,613 | £3,613 | 0.00 | ||||||
For a notification under regulation 6 — | |||||||||
(a)quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1)) | £1,614 | £1,614 | 0.00 | ||||||
(b)quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2)) | £1,014 | £1,014 | 0.00 | ||||||
Evaluation of a notification (whether made under regulation 6(1) or 6(2), as the case may be) in respect of an RTP polymer of an amount equal to or more that 10kg per annum but less than one tonne per annum or the total amount is equal to or more than 500kg but less than 5 tonnes | £1,614 | £1,614 | 0.00 | ||||||
For an evaluation of information provided under regulation 6(4) (d) (i) in respect of a substance for the purposes of process orientated research and development | £646 | £646 | 0.00 | ||||||
For an application made by a notifier for an exemption relating to him under regulation 23 | £2,619 | £2,619 | 0.00 | ||||||
Table 2 | |||||||||
Additional fee to the fee above for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 where there is no adequate risk assessment | £2,393 plus VAT | £2,393 plus VAT | 0.00 | ||||||
Additional fee to the fee above for the evaluation of a notification under regulation 6 where there is no adequate risk assessment | |||||||||
(a)quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100 kg (regulation 6(1)) | £578 plus VAT | £578 plus VAT | 0.00 | ||||||
(b)quantity of the new substance up to 100 kg (regulation 6(2)) | £578 plus VAT | £578 plus VAT | 0.00 | ||||||
Schedule 12 | |||||||||
Offshore installations | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | - | ||||||
Schedule 13 | |||||||||
Railway functions | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | - | ||||||
Schedule 14 | |||||||||
Gas safety functions | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | Sum of the costs reasonably incurred by the Executive for the function performed | - | ||||||
Schedule 15 | |||||||||
Approvals under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 | |||||||||
Table 1 | Fee for original approval | Fee for an additional site-visit | Fee for renewal of approval | Fee for original approval | Fee for an additional site-visit | Fee for renewal of approval | |||
£960 | £344 | £66 | £1,075 | £385 | £74 | 11.98 | 11.92 | 12.12 |
Table 2 | Fee for initial site-visit | Fee for any addition-al site-visit | Fee for a site-visit to investi-gate a complai-nt | Fee for a cancelled site-visit | Fee for initial site-visit | Fee for any additional site-visit | Fee for site-visit to investing-ate a complaint | Fee for a cancelled site-visit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£382 | £344 | £382 | £382 | £428 | £385 | £428 | £428 | 12.04 | 11.92 | 12.04 | 12.04 | |
Schedule 16 | ||||||||||||
Approvals under the Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 | ||||||||||||
Table 1 | Fee for original approval: first-aid | Fee for original approval:medical | Fee for renewal of approval: first-aid | Fee for renewal of approval: medical | Fee for original approval: first-aid | Fee for original approval:medical | Fee for renewal of approval: first-aid | Fee for renewal of approval: medical | ||||
£960 | £1,408 | £66 | £66 | £1,075 | £1,577 | £74 | £74 | 11.98 | 12.00 | 12.12 | 12.12 | |
Table 2 | Fee for additional site-visit: first-aid | Fee for additional site-visit: medical | Fee for additional site-visit: first-aid | Fee for additional site-visit: medical | ||||||||
£344 | £912 | £385 | £1,021 | 11.92 | 11.95 | |||||||
Table 3 | Fee for initial site-visit: first-aid | Fee for initial site-visit: medical | Fee for addition-al site-visit: first-aid | Fee for addition-al site-visit: medical | Fee for initial site-visit: first-aid | Fee for initial site-visit: medical | Fee for additional site-visit: first-aid | Fee for additional site-visit: medical | ||||
£382 | £912 | £344 | £912 | £428 | £1,021 | £385 | £1,021 | 12.04 | 11.95 | 11.92 | 11.95 |
Table 4 | Fee for a site-visit to investigate a complaint | Fee for a cancelled site-visit | Fee for a cancelled site-visit relating to training | Fee for a site-visit to investigate a complaint | Fee for a cancelled site-visit | Fee for a cancelled site-visit relating to training | |||
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£382 | £382 | Reasonable cost to the Executive due to the cancellation | £428 | £428 | Reasonable cost to the Executive due to the cancellation | 12.04 | 12.04 | - |
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