The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1991

Fees payable in respect of approval of respiratory protective equipment and automatic safe load indicators

3.—(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(1), or any regulations made or having effect as if made under that Act,

(ii) under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980(2),

(iii) under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985(3),

(iv) under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987(4), and

(v) under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988(5);

(b) of automatic safe load indicators under the Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations 1961(6), and the Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960(7).

(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 and where that entry specifies a fee as an amount per hour worked, the fee so calculated shall be payable prior to the notification of the result of the application for approval.

(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.

(1)

1961 c. 34.

(2)

S.I. 1980/1248.

(3)

S.I. 1985/1333.

(4)

S.I. 1987/2115.

(5)

S.I. 1988/1657; amended by S.I. 1990/2026.

(6)

S.I. 1961/1581.

(7)

S.I. 1960/1932.