The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2002

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

23.—(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 Part I of Schedule 19; and

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

(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 Part I of Schedule 19.

(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 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 site-visit made after the original approval has been given.

(6) The fee payable under paragraph (5) for such a site-visit shall be that specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 19 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 Part.

(7) The fee referred to in paragraph (6) 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.