Health and Safety (Medical Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations fix fees to be paid for work done by employment medical advisers in conducting medical examinations and surveillance under—

(a) the Work in Compressed Air Special Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1963 (regulation 3 and Schedule1);

(b) the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 (regulation 4);

(c) the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (regulation 5 and Schedule 2);

(d) the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (regulation 3 and Schedule 1);

(e) the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (regulation 3 and Schedule 1).

The effect of these Regulations is to increase the levels of some of the fees previously charged under the Health and Safety (Medical Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 277) (“the 1994 Regulations”) for examinations and surveillance for the purposes of the Regulations listed at (a) to (e) above.

In the case of examinations for the purposes of the Regulations listed at (a) above, basic examination fees are increased from £40·00 to £42·13; fees for X-rays and laboratory tests are increased from £40·80 and £24·50 respectively to £45·23 and £27·17 respectively.

Where the medical surveillance under the Regulations listed at (b) above is confined to an examination of, and making of entries in, records, the fee is increased from £17·00 to £19·90. X-ray fees are increased from £40·80 to £45·23, and laboratory test fees from £24·50 to £27·17.

Fees for medical surveillance for the purposes of the Regulations listed at (c) above are increased from £41·00 to £45·70 for a first assessment. For subsequent assessments, fees for laboratory tests are increased from £24·50 to £27·17.

The fees for X-rays and laboratory tests taken in connection with any one medical examination for the purposes of the Regulations listed at (d) and (e) above are increased from £40·80 to £45·23 for X-rays and from £24·50 to £27·17 for laboratory tests.

All other fees are unchanged from the amounts prescribed by the 1994 Regulations.

The 1994 Regulations are revoked except in relation to any medical examination or medical surveillance carried out before 4th March 1996 (regulation 6).