Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/645 |
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 645
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1999
Made 9th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1999
Coming into force 1st April 1999
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 43(2), (4), (5) and (6) and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741(“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“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 Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;
“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 19542;
(b) tips within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 19693;
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 19744or 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; and
“respiratory protective equipment” includes any respirator and any breathing apparatus.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to–
(a)
(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;
(b)
(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears.
Fees payable under the mines and quarries provisions
2.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an original approval, an amendment of approval or a renewal of approval under any of the mines and quarries provisions.
(2) The fee payable under paragraph (1) on application for such approval as is mentioned in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 shall be respectively that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, 3 or 4 of that Part and shall be payable on making the application for approval, or, where any such entry specifies a fee as the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out, the fee so costed shall be payable prior to the notification of the result of the application.
(3) Where the Executive requires testing to be carried out to decide whether approval can be granted, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the applicant prior to the notification of the result of the application for the approval as described below–
(a)
(a) in the case of explosives and detonators, for each test specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 1, the fee shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;
(b)
(b) in any other case, the fee shall be as set out in Part III of Schedule 1 (that is to say the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out).
Fees for applications for approval of respiratory protective equipment
3.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of respiratory protective equipment–
(a)
(a) under the Factories Act 19615, or any regulations made or having effect as if made under that Act;
(b)
(b) under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 19986;
(c)
(c) under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 19857;
(d)
(d) under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 19878; and
(e)
(e) under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 19949.
(2) The fee payable on application for approval of respiratory protective equipment shall be that specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 (that is to say the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work, including any testing, carried out).
Fees payable under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974
4.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of plant and equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 197410.
(2) The fee payable on application for such an approval or revision of an approval as is described in column 1 of Schedule 3 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fee payable under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984
5.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of a scheme or programme for examination of freight containers under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 198411.
(2) The fee payable on application for the approval described in column 1 of Schedule 4 shall be that specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fee for application for a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983
6.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 198312.
(2) The fee payable on application for a licence described in column 1 of Schedule 5 shall be that specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fees for examination or surveillance by an employment medical adviser
7.—(1) A fee shall be payable to the Executive by an employer in respect of a medical examination or medical surveillance of each of his employees by an employment medical adviser for the purposes of any provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 6.
(2) The fee payable under paragraph (1) shall be a basic fee for each examination or on each occasion when surveillance is carried out together with additional fees for X-rays and laboratory tests where these are taken or carried out in connection with the examination; and for each provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 6–
(a)
(a) the basic fee shall be the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule for that provision;
(b)
(b) the additional fee for X-rays shall be the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule for that provision and shall cover all X-rays taken in connection with any one examination;
(c)
(c) the additional fee for laboratory tests shall be the amount specified in column 5 of that Schedule for that provision and shall cover all such tests carried out in connection with any one examination.
(3) Where an employment medical adviser carries out a medical examination of a self-employed person for the purposes of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987, that self-employed person shall pay to the Executive fees ascertained in accordance with paragraph (2).
Fees for medical surveillance by an employment medical adviser under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1998
8.—(1) A fee shall be payable to the Executive by an employer in respect of medical surveillance of any of his employees by an employment medical adviser for the purposes of the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 199813.
(2) The fee payable for each item described in column 1 of Schedule 7 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fees for applications for approval or reassessment of approval of dosimetry services and for type approval of radiation generators or apparatus containing radioactive substances under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985
9.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an approval of dosimetry services or for the reassessment of an approval of dosimetry services previously granted for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 198514.
(2) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for the type approval of a radiation generator or an apparatus containing a radioactive substance.
(3) The fee payable for approval or reassessment or type approval in respect of each matter described in column 1 of Schedule 8 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
(4) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive where the Executive requires any work to be carried out by its nuclear or other specialist inspectors in connection with any application in respect of which a fee is payable by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2) and the fee for work in connection with each such matter described in column 1 of Schedule 8 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that...
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