The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Fees payable in respect of gas safety functions

10.—(1) A fee shall be payable to the Executive by the person referred to in column 2 of Schedule 8 for the performance by the Executive of such functions conferred on the Executive as are specified in column 1 of that Schedule.

(2) A fee shall be payable to the Executive by a person conveying gas who has prepared a safety case pursuant to the 1997 Regulations or by a network emergency co-ordinator for the performance by or on behalf of the Executive, or by an inspector appointed by it, of any function conferred on the Executive or the inspector by the 1978 Order which relates to the enforcement of any of the relevant statutory provisions against one or other or both of the following—

(a) that person in relation to the network, including a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the safety case relates; or

(b) a contractor in relation to work carried out by that contractor on or in connection with that network including work on a pipeline that it is intended will form part of that network;

insofar as such enforcement is for the purpose of protecting persons from risks arising from the manner in which gas is or is to be conveyed or used.

(3) A fee shall be payable to the Executive by a person conveying gas who has prepared a safety case pursuant to the 1997 Regulations and a major accident prevention document pursuant to the Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) for the performance by or on behalf of the Executive, or by an inspector appointed by it, of any function conferred on the Executive or the inspector by the 1978 Order which relates to the enforcement of any of the relevant statutory provisions against one or other or both of the following—

(a) that person in relation to work relating to a major accident hazard pipeline, including the construction of a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the major accident prevention document relates; or

(b) a contractor in relation to work carried out by that contractor relating to a major accident hazard pipeline, including the construction of a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the major accident prevention document relates.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation, regulation 11 and Schedule 8—

(a) “the 1997 Regulations” means the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2), and “network”, “network emergency co-ordinator” and “safety case” have the same meanings as in those Regulations; and

(b) “major accident hazard pipeline” has the same meaning as in the Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.

(1)

S.R. 1997 No. 193, amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150 and S.R. 2009 No. 238

(2)

S.R. 1997 No. 195, amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150 and S.R. 2000 No. 388