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(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;
(b) tips within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969,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 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.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety 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) for each description of plant, apparatus, substance and in any other case set out in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 shall be respectively that specified in the corresponding entry in columns 2, 3 and 4 of that Part.
(3) Where the Executive requires testing to be carried out by its staff to decide whether approval can be granted, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the applicant on the issue by the Executive of its determination in respect of the application for the approval as described below–
(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) in any other case, the fee shall be determined under Part III of Schedule 1.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for approval–
(a) of respiratory protective equipment–
(i) under the Factories Act 1961, or any regulations made or having effect as if made under that Act,
(ii) under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980,
(iii) under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985
(iv) under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987;
(b) of blasting helmets under the Factories Act 1961, or any regulations made or having effect as if made under that Act; and
(c) of automatic safe load indicators under the Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations 1961, and the Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing Regulations 1960.
(2) The fee payable for approval of each item of each subject matter described in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.
(3) Where the Executive requires testing to be carried out by its staff to determine whether approval of any item of equipment specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 can be granted, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the applicant on the issue by the Executive of its determination in respect of the application for approval and the fee shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for approval of plant and equipment under–
(a) the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974; and
(b) the Poisonous Substances in Agriculture Regulations 1984.
(2) The fee payable for the approval of each subject matter described in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 3 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.
(3) Where the Executive requires testing to be carried out by its staff to determine whether approval of respiratory protective equipment can be granted under the Poisonous Substances in Agricuture Regulations 1984, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the applicant on the issue by the Executive of its determination in respect of the application for approval, and the fee shall be that specified in column 2 of Part II of Schedule 3.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for approval of a scheme or programme for examination of freight containers under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984.
(2) The fee payable for the approval described in column 1 of Schedule 4 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983.
(2) The fee payable for licence of each subject matter described in column 1 of Schedule 5 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
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(1) A fee shall be payable to the Health and Safety Executive by an employer in respect of a medical examination 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 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) the basic fee shall be the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule for that provision;
(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) 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).
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(1) A fee shall be payable to the Health and Safety 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 1980.
(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.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for an approval of dosimetry services and for the annual reassessment of an approval of dosimetry services previously granted for the purposes of the Ionising Radiation Regulations 1985.
(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 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, and the fee for annual reassessment of such approval in respect of each such matter shall be that specified in column 3 of that Schedule.
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(1) Where any application in relation to a provision specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 9 is made for a purpose specified in column 2 of that Part, the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Part shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive.
(2) The fee or maximum fee payable under each provision specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 9 for the purpose described in the corresponding entry in column 2 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Part.
(3) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application being made for each purpose specified in column 1 of Parts III, IV, V and VI of Schedule 9, and the fee for each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of those Parts.
(4) A fee shall be payable to the Executive where the Executive requires any testing to be carried out in connection with any purpose specified in column 1 of Part VII of Schedule 9, and the fee for testing in connection with each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part for each hour or part of an hour worked in respect of such testing and such fee shall be payable prior to the granting of the application.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 or section 1(4) of the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 the fees for petroleum licences prescribed by these Regulations shall be payable for any licence first having effect or any transfer or renewal of a licence first taking effect on or after the coming into force of these Regulations, irrespective of the date of the application for that licence, transfer or renewal.
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A fee shall be payable to the Health and Safety Executive by the applicant if any testing is carried out by or on behalf of the Executive with the agreement of the applicant in connection with any purpose specified in column 1 of Schedule 10, and the fee for testing in connection with each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule for each hour or part of an hour worked in respect of such testing and such fee shall be payable prior to the granting of the application.
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(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Health and Safety Executive on each application for an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations.
(2) The fee for each item specified in column 1 of Schedule 11 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
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In calculating the number of hours worked for the purpose of determining the amount of a fee payable under regulation 3(2), 4(3), 10(4), 12 or 13(2) no account shall be taken of any typing, messenger or ancillary work (for which no further charge shall be payable).
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The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1988 are hereby revoked.
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These Regulations shall not apply to Northern Ireland.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Patrick Nicholls
Parlimentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment
13th March 1989
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2
PART I

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Subject matter of approval Fees for an original approval Fee for amendment of approval Fee for renewal of approval

(a) Approval of breathing apparatus £661 £353 £40

(b) Approval of dust respirators £60 £60 £40

(c) Approval of explosives £120 £110 £40

(d) Approval of locomotive or other vehicle £1,514 £348 £40

(e) Approval of signalling apparatus £100 £112 £40

(f) Approval in any other case £192 £104 £40
PART II

1 2
Test Fees for test
Ballistic pendulum shot £29
Break test shot £45
Deflagration shot £24
Detonator test (per 100 shots) £269
Gallery shot £63
Mortar shot £28
Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots) £53
PART III
The fee for any testing not fixed by Part II of this Schedule shall be £48 for each man-hour of work done in the testing, excluding any typing, messenger or other ancilliary work (for which no further charge shall be payable).

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3
PART I

1 2
Subject matter of approval Fee

(a) Approval of respiratory protective equipment £60

(b) Approval of blasting helmets £40

(c) Approval of automatic safe load indicators £32 per hour worked
PART II

1 2
Item of Equipment Fee
Respiratory protective equipment £48 per hour worked
Blasting helmets £48 per hour worked
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 4
PART I

1 2
Subject matter of approval Fee

(a) Original approval of tractor cab £145

(b) Revision of an existing approval of a tractor cab £72

(c) Approval of respiratory protective equipment £60
PART II

1 2
Test Fee
Respiratory Protective Equipment £48 per hour worked
SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 5


1 2
Subject matter of approval Fee
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers £25
SCHEDULE 5
Regulation 6


1 2
Subject matter of Licence Fee

(a) Licence for work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating £415

(b) Renewal of original licence granted under (a) above £208
SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 7


Additional fees where appropriate
Provision Reference Basic Fee Fee for X-Rays Fee for Laboratory tests
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(a) The Indiarubber Regulations 1922 S.R. & O. 1922/329 (relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1973/36 and S.I. 1980/1248). £31 £32 £18.50

(b) The Chemical Works Regulations 1922 S.R. & O. 1922/731 (relevant amending instruments is S.I. 1973/36). £31 £32 £18.50

(c) The Patent Fuel Manufacture (Health & Welfare) Special Regulations 1946 S.R. & O. 1946/258 (relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1973/36). £31 £32 £18.50

(d) The Mule Spinning (Health) Special Regulations 1953 S.I. 1953/1545 (relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1973/36). £31 £32 £18.50

(e) The Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations 1958 S.I. 1958/61 (relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1973/36). £31 £32 £18.50

(f) The Carcinogenic Substances Regulations 1967 S.I. 1967/879 (relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1973/36). £31 £32 £18.50

(g) The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 S.I. 1985/1333 £42 £32 £18.50

(h) The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987 S.I. 1987/2115 £37 £29 £16.50

(i) Surveillance under sub-paragraph (g) above which is confined to examination of, and making of entries in, records.  £13 – –
SCHEDULE 7
Regulation 8


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Item Fee
On the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment) £41
On each subsequent assessment of an employee–
(i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out £32

(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out £14
SCHEDULE 8
Regulation 9


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Description Fee for approval or type approval Fee for annual reassessment
Approval of Dosimetry Services granted under Regulation 15 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985
Group I
Dose record keeping

(a) Where the application is solely in respect of Group I functions £335 £98

(b) Where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group £143 £98
Group II
External dosimetry

(a) Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) film £507 for one sub-group and £168 for each additional sub-group £364 for one sub-group and £98 for each additional sub-group

(b) Whole body (beta, gamma, thermal neutrons) thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)

(c) Whole body (neutron), other than sub-groups (a) or (b)

(d) Whole body, other than sub-groups (a), (b) or (c)

(e) Extremity monitoring

(f) Accident dosimetry, other than in the previous sub-groups
Group III
Internal Dosimetry

(a) Strontium 90 and actinides £634 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group. £271 for one or more radio-isotopes in this sub-group.

(b) Any other radionuclide £492 for up to 5 radionuclides and £345 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof. £175 for up to 5 radionuclides and £137 for each additional group of 5 radionuclides or part thereof.
Type approval of a radiation generator or an apparatus containing a radioactive substance under sub-paragraph (f) or (g) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 (which excepts such type approved radiation generators or apparatus containing radio-active substances from the notification requirements of regulation 5 of those Regulations) £68
SCHEDULE 9
Regulation 10
PART I

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Provision under which a licence is granted Purpose of application Fee
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 6 (as applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40) Factory licence £642 plus £32 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept.
 Factory amending licence £248 plus £8 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be made or kept.
 Replacement of one of the above licences if lost £16
Section 12 (as applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40) Magazine licence £502 plus £32 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept.
 Magazine amending licence £39 plus £8 additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be kept.
 Replacement of one of the above licences if lost £16
Section 40(9) Licence for importation of explosives £34
 Licence for importation of a consignment of explosives which are not to be distributed in Great Britain but imported for transhipment only £34
 Replacement of one of the above licences if lost £16
 Amendment to an existing licence £12
Section 40(9) as applied to compressed acetylene by The Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978 Licence for importation of compressed acetylene £34
 Replacement of one of the above licences if lost £16
 Amendment to an existing licence £12
PART II

1 2 3
Provision under which a fee or maximum fee is payable Purpose of application Fee or Maximum fee
Section 15 (see note 1) A store licence £47
Section 18 (see note 1) Renewal of a store licence £47
Section 21 (see note 1) Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority £8
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 c. 32
Section 4 (see notes 2 and 3) Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity -not exceeding 2,500 litres £22 for each year of licence
 exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres £33 for each year of licence
 exceeding 50,000 litres £65 for each year of licence
Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 c. 27
Section 1(4) Transfer of petroleum spirit licence £6
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Part 1 of the Explosives Act 1875 (which includes sections 15, 18 and 21) is applied to explosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40 of that Act.
2 
In the case of a solid substance for which by virtue of an Order in Council made under section 19 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 a licence is required, the fee payable under this Schedule shall be calculated as if one kilogram of the substance were equivalent to one litre.
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The fee payable for a licence of more or less than one year’s duration shall be the fee set out above increased or decreased, as the case may be, proportionately according to the duration of the period for which the licence is granted or renewed.
PART III

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Purpose of application Fee
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept £352
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept £165
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept £19
PART IV

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Purpose of application Fee
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance £19
Approval of an acetylene cylinder design £53
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed £352
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed £23
PART V

1 2
Purpose of application Fee
Approval of a gas cylinder manufacturer £7,698
Approval of the design of a gas cylinder £53
Approval of a supplier of the material of which a gas cylinder is manufactured £720
Approval of a gas cylinder inspection body £1,791
Approval of a user of a gas cylinder manufactured and tested in accordance with the provisions of Home Office Specifications LASS 1 or LASW 1 £360
PART VI

1 2
Purpose of application Fee
Authorisation or classification of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale, with or without a licence £95
Grant of an original special packing authority under Rule 12 of the Packing of Explosive for Conveyance Rules 1949 £181
Amendment to a special packing authority as above £24
Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967 £88
PART VII

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Purpose of application Fee
Application for a licence to be granted under or in pursuance of section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875 for the importation of explosives which are not at the time of application authorised to be manufactured for general sale or imported for general sale £44 per hour worked
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept (Part III above) £44 per hour worked
Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance (Part IV above) £44 per hour worked
Authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale, with or without a licence (Part VI above) £44 per hour worked
SCHEDULE 10
Regulation 12


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Purpose of application Fee
Classification of an article, substance, combination or unit load £44 per hour worked
SCHEDULE 11
Regulation 13


1 2
Purpose of application Fee
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence £195 plus £33 per hour worked