The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2008

Fees for applications for approvals under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981

19.—(1) A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an original approval of training or a renewal of an approval of training under regulation 3(2)(a) of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981(1).

(2) The fee payable under paragraph (1) shall be—

(a) in respect of an application for an original approval, that specified in column 1 of Table 1 in Schedule 15; and

(b) in respect of an application for a renewal of an approval, that specified in column 3 of that Table.

(3) Where, before an original approval of training is given, a shortcoming in the proposed training is identified by the Executive during a site-visit and an additional site-visit for the purpose of reassessment is required, the fee payable shall be that specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 15.

(4) The fee referred to—

(a) in paragraph (1) shall be payable on making the application for approval or renewal of an approval of training;

(b) in paragraph (3) shall be payable prior to the notification of the result of the application for approval of training.

(5) Where the Executive requires a site-visit, not including one for the purpose referred to in paragraph (7), to be made in connection with an approval mentioned in paragraph (1) in order to ascertain whether the standards in place when the original approval was given are being maintained, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the provider of the approved training, except that no such fee shall be payable in respect of the first such site-visit made after the original approval has been given.

(6) The fee payable under paragraph (5) shall be that specified in column 1 of Table 2 in Schedule 15 except where the site-visit is required to be carried out because a shortcoming in the training has been identified by the Executive during an earlier site-visit, when the fee shall be that specified in column 2 of that Table.

(7) Where the Executive requires a site-visit to be made for the purpose of investigating a complaint in relation to training provided pursuant to an approval mentioned in paragraph (1), a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the provider of the training where —

(a) the result of the investigation is that the complaint is found to be justified, and

(b) the complaint could not be fully investigated during a site-visit made for an additional purpose to that of investigating the complaint, requiring, as a result, a further site-visit.

(8) The fee payable under paragraph (7) shall be that specified in column 3 of Table 2 in Schedule 15.

(9) Where the date for any site visit referred to in this regulation has been agreed between the training provider and the Executive and —

(a) three working days or less before that date the training provider informs the Executive that he wishes to cancel the site-visit agreed for that date, and

(b) there is as a result no site-visit on that date,

a fee shall be payable by the training provider to the Executive in respect of that cancelled site-visit.

(10) The fee payable under paragraph (9) shall be that specified in column 4 of Table 2 in Schedule 15.

(11) The fee referred to in paragraphs (6), (8) and (10) shall be payable within 30 days from the date of the invoice that the Executive has sent or given to the person providing the approved training.

(1)

S.I. 1981/917, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.