The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1992

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 9 FEES PAYABLE UNDER THE EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875 AND INSTRUMENTS MADE THEREUNDER, UNDER THE PETROLEUM (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1928 AND THE PETROLEUM (TRANSFER OF LICENCES) ACT 1936

PART I APPLICATIONS FOR FACTORY LICENCES, MAGAZINE LICENCES AND IMPORTATION LICENCES AND AMENDING LICENCES UNDER SECTIONS 6, 12 AND 40(9) OF THE EXPLOSIVES ACT AND REPLACEMENT OF SUCH LICENCES

1	2	3
Provision under which a licence is granted	Purpose of application	Fee
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 6 (as applied to wxplosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40	Factory licence	£850 plus £45 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept
	Magazine licence	£656 plus £45 additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be kept
	Replacement of one of the above licences if lost	£23
Section 6 (as applied to wxplosives other than gunpowder by sections 39 and 40	Factory amending licence	£308 plus £11 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
	Magazine amending licence	£53 plus £11 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	£23
Section 40(9)	Licence for importation of explosives	£46
	Replacement of the above licence if lost	£23
	Amendment to an existing licence	£16
Section 40(9) as applied to compressed acetylene by The Compressed Acetylen (Importation) Regulations 1978(1))	Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£49.50
	Replacement of the above licence if lost	£23
	Amendment to an existing licence	£16

PART II FEE OR MAXIMUM FEE PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF GRANTING AND RENEWAL OF AN EXPLOSIVES STORE LICENCE, THE REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR KEEPING EXPLOSIVES AND THE GRANTING AND TRANSFER OF PETROLEUM-SPIRIT LICENCES

1	2	3
Provision under which a fee or maximum fee is payable	Purpose of application	Fee or maximum fee
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 15 (see note 1)	A store licence	£56.50
Section 18 (see note 1)	Renewal of a store licence	£56.50
Section 21 (see note 1)	Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£10
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	£27 for each year of licence
	exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£40 for each year of licence
	exceeding 50,000 litres
	exceeding 50,000 litres	£78 for each year of licence
Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 c. 27
Section 1(4)	Transfer of petroleum spirit licence	£7

Note:

1.  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.

3.  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 APPLICATIONS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THE PROVISO TO ORDER IN COUNCIL (No. 30) OF 2ND FEBRUARY 1937((2)) FOR APPROVALS OF PREMISES AND APPARATUS IN WHICH ACETYLENE IS TO BE MANUFACTURED OR KEPT

1	2
Purpose of application	Fee
(a) Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£488
(b) Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£216
(c) Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufatured or kept	£26.40

PART IV APPLICATIONS FOR COMPARISONS AND APPROVALS IN RESPECT OF CONDITIONS (1) AND (8) IN THE ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ST ATE (No. 9) of 23RD JUNE 1919((3))

1	2
Purpose of application	Fee
(a) Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£26.40
(b) Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£488
(c) Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£33

PART V MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS

1	2	3
Purpose of application	Fee	Fee for work by
(a) Classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983(4)), or authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured or to be imported, with or without a licence	£133
(b) Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967((5))	£139	£34 per hour worked

PART VI FURTHER FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN TESTING REQUIRED BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

1	2
Purpose of application	Fee
(a) Application for a licence to be granted under or in pursuance of section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875(6)) 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	£57 per hour worked
(b) Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept (Part III above)	£57 per hour worked
(c) Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance (Part IV above)	£57 per hour worked
(d) Classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 or authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale, with or without a licence (Part V above)	£57 per hour worked
(e) Application for a licence to manufacture explosive in pursuance of th Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967 (Part V above)	£57 per hour worked

(1)

S.I. 1978/1723.

(2)

S.R. & O. 1937/54; relevant amending instruments are S.R. & O. 1947/805 and S.I. 1974/1885.

(3)

S.R. & O. 1919/809, amended by S.I. 1974/1885.

(4)

S.I. 1983/1140.

(5)

S.I. 1967/1485.

(6)

1875 c. 17; section 40(9) was amended by Orders in Council (No. 10) of 27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p.40) and (No. 10A) of 26th June 1884 (Rev. VIII, p.41) and S.I. 1974/1885 and 1978/1723.