The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2006
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (SI 2006 No.336) were laid before parliament on 16th February and enter into force on 6th April 2006. 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:
(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).
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). The Regulations also 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).
The fees payable are described in Schedules 1 to 16 of the Regulations, the full text of which can be accessed from: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20060336.htm.
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk (accessed 14/03/06)
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