The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2010

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

18.—(1) A fee is 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) is—

(a) in respect of an application for an original approval, that specified in column 1 of Table 1 in Schedule 14; or

(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 the Executive requires an additional site-visit to be made for the purpose of reassessing an application for an original approval, a fee is payable by the applicant to the Executive.

(4) The fee payable under paragraph (3) is that specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 14, and is 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 is payable to the Executive by the provider of the approved training, except that no such fee is payable in respect of the first such site-visit made after the original approval has been given.

(6) The fee payable under paragraph (5) is that specified in column 1 of Table 2 in Schedule 14, except where the site-visit is carried out because a shortcoming in the training has been identified by the Executive during an earlier site-visit, when the fee payable is 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 is 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) is that specified in column 3 of Table 2 in Schedule 14.

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

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

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

(10) The fee payable under paragraph (9) is that specified in column 4 of Table 2 in Schedule 14.

(11) Any fee referred to in paragraphs (6), (8) and (10) is 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.