"approval" includes the amendment of an approval, and "amendment of an approval" includes the issue of a new approval replacing the original incorporating an amendment;

"employment medical adviser" means an employment medical adviser appointed under section 56(1) of the 1974 Act;

"the mines and quarries provisions" means such of the relevant statutory provisions as relate exclusively to - 

(a) an approval under mines and quarries legislation (regulation 2 and Schedule 1);

(b) an approval of certain respiratory protective equipment (regulation 3 and Schedule 2);

(c) an approval of plant or equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 (regulation 4 and Schedule 3);

(d) an approval of a scheme or programme under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 (regulation 5 and Schedule 4);

(e) a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 (regulation 6 and Schedule 5);

(f) an approval of dosimetry services or type approval of apparatus under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (regulation 9 and Schedule 8);

(g) an approval, authorisation or licence etc. under the Explosives Act 1875 and certain instruments thereunder, for a licence under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 or for the classification of an article, substance, combination or unit load under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 (regulation 10 and Schedule 9);

(h) an explosives licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 (regulation 12 and Schedule 10);

(i) an approval under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 14 and Schedule 12);

(j) an approval under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (regulation 23 and Schedule 19);

and in respect of - 

(k) a vocational training certificate under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 (regulation 13 and Schedule 11);

(l) a vocational training certificate under the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999 (regulation 15 and Schedule 13,);

(m) a notification under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 (regulation 17 and Schedule 14);

(n) a notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 (regulation 18 and Schedule 15).

     2. The Regulations fix or determine the fees payable by specified persons in the offshore, rail and gas industries for the performance by the Executive of the functions specified in those provisions (regulations 19 to 22 and Schedules 16 to 18).

     3. The Regulations update the fees to be paid in respect of medical examinations and surveillance by an employment medical adviser which are required under certain of the relevant statutory provisions (regulations 7 and 8 and Schedules 6 and 7).

     4. The Regulations update maximum fees which may be charged under the Explosives Act 1875, the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 and the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 (regulation 10 (2) and Schedule 9, Part II).

     5. A copy of the regulatory impact assessment prepared in respect of regulation 23 and Schedule 19 can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive, Economic Adviser's Unit, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS. A copy has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament.

     6. The new fees compared with those fixed by or determined under the previous fee-charging provisions are as follows:

Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees	Previous Fee			New Fee			Percentage Increase
Schedule 1	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval	Original approval	Amendment of approval	Renewal of approval
Part I
Approval of breathing apparatus	£1,329	£664	£56	£1,595	£800	£65	20.02	20.48	16.07
Approval of dust respirators	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out			Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out			-	-	-
Approval of explosives	£199	£137	£56	£240	£165	£65	20.60	20.44	16.07
Approval of locomotive or other vehicle	£2,594	£659	£56	£3,115	£790	£65	20.08	19.88	16.07
Approval of electrical equipment for use in potentially gassy zones	£803	£515	£56	£965	£620	£65	20.17	20.39	16.07
Approval of methanometers	£371	£227	£56	£445	£270	£65	19.95	18.94	16.07
Approval of electric safety lamps	£371	£227	£56	£445	£270	£65	19.95	18.94	16.07
Approval of other types of apparatus essential for safety	£190	£190	£56	£230	£230	£65	21.05	21.05	16.07
Part II
Ballistic pendulum shot		£115			£125			8.70
Break test shot		£185			£200			8.11
Deflagration		£145			£155			6.90
Detonator test (per 100 shots)		£1,130			£1,210			7.08
Detonator delay time test (per 100 shots)		£895			£955			6.70
Gallery shot		£210			£225			7.14
Mortar shot		£115			£125			8.70
Velocity of detonation test (per 3 shots)		£365			£390			6.85
Part III
Other testing not fixed in Part II	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out			Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out				-
Schedule 2
Approval of respiratory protective equipment	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out			Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out				-
Schedule 3
Original approval of tractor cab		£286			£380			32.87
Revision of an existing approval of a tractor cab		£157			£210			33.76
Schedule 4
Approval of scheme or programme for examination of freight containers		£75			£75			-
Schedule 5
Licence for work with asbestos insulations, asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board or renewal of licence		£505			£515			1.98

Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests	Basic	X-Rays	Laboratory tests
Schedule 6
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (a) where surveillance is confined to examination of, and making entries in, records	£27	£49	£30	£27	£54	£32	-	10.20	6.67
(b) in other cases	£43	£49	£30	£43	£54	£32	-	10.20	6.67
Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987	£48	£49	£30	£54	£54	£32	12.50	10.20	6.67
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999	£48	£49	£30	£54	£54	£32	12.50	10.20	6.67
The Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996	£45	£49	£30	£54	£54	£32	20.00	10.20	6.67
Schedule 7
On the first assessment of an employee (including any clinical medical examination and laboratory tests in connection with the assessment)	£49			£54				10.20
On each subsequent assessment of an employee -  (i) for laboratory tests where these are carried out	£30			£32				6.67
(ii) for a clinical medical examination where this is carried out	£30			£32				6.67

Provision of these Regulations which fixes or determines the fees	Previous Fee	New Fee	Fee	Hourly rate
Schedule 8
Group I Dose record keeping where the application is solely in respect of Group I function	£97 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£130 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	34.02	25.00
Dose record keeping where the application for Group I functions is linked to an application for approval in another group	£97 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£130 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	34.02	25.00
Group II External dosimetry	£97 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£130 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	34.02	25.00
Group III Internal dosimetry (a) Bio-assay or in-vivo monitoring or air sampling	£97 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£130 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	34.02	25.00
(b) for each additional technique	£97 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£130 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	34.02	25.00
Type approval of apparatus under sub-paragraph 1(c)(i) or 1(d)(i) respectively of Schedule 1 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999	£102 plus £48 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	£105 plus £60 per hour worked by Nuclear or Specialist Inspector	2.94	25.00
Schedule 9
Part I Factory licence	£555 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£410 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	(26.13)	34.15
Magazine licence	£555 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£410 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	(26.13)	34.15
Factory amending licence	£214 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£260 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	21.50	34.15
Magazine amending licence	£214 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£260 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	21.50	34.15
Replacement of the above licences if lost	£25	£33	32.00	-
Licence for importation of compressed acetylene	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Replacement of the above licence if lost	£17	£22	29.41	-
Amendment to an existing licence	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Part II A store licence	£65.50	£67	2.29	-
Renewal of a store licence	£65.50	£67	2.29	-
Registration and renewal of registration of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority	£11.20	£12	7.14	-
Licence to keep petroleum spirit of a quantity -      not exceeding 2,500 litres	£31.30 for each year of licence	£32 for each year of licence	2.25	-
exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£46.30 for each year of licence	£47 for each year of licence	1.51	-
exceeding 50,000 litres	£90.90 for each year of licence	£93 for each year of licence	2.31	-
Transfer of petroleum spirit licence	£7.40	£8	8.11	-
Part III Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Part IV Comparison of a porous substance with a sample porous substance	£31	£40	29.03	-
Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed	£17 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£22 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	29.41	34.15
Part V Classification of an explosive under the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983 or authorisation of an explosive under section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875	£168	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	-	-
Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixtures licence under article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967	£176 plus £41 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	£190 plus £55 per hour worked by Specialist Inspector	7.95	34.15
Part VI Testing in connection with specified applications in Parts I, III, IV or V	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out	-	-
Schedule 10
Grant of an explosives licence or alteration of the terms of an existing explosives licence	£487 plus £41 per hour worked	£550 plus £55 per hour worked	12.94	34.15{/bt
Schedule 11
Vocational training certificates under regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996	£2.80	£2.80	-	-
Schedule 12
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 Approval of training	£1,000	£1,000	-	-
For approval or a renewal of a refresher course under regulation 4(6)(a)	£1,000	£1,000	-	-
Fee for renewal of approval	£600	£600	-	-
Schedule 13
Vocational training certificates under regulation 7 of the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999	£170	£170	-	-
Schedule 14
Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 Notification of intention to use premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time under regulations 8 other than a case where a consent is required under regulation 8(3)	£150	£150	-	-
Notification of intention to use premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time where a consent is required under regulation 8(3)	£150	£150	-
Notification of individual activities involving genetic modification under regulation 9 other than in a case where a consent is required under regulation 9(5)	£400	£400	-
Notification of individual activities involving genetic modification where a consent is required under regulation 9(5)	£500	£500	-
Schedule 15
Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 4 ("base set") (see note 1)	£6,330 plus £364 VAT	£6,652 plus £378 VAT	5.02
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(a) (>10 tonnes per year)	£2,080	£2,180	4.81
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(b) (>100 tonnes per year)	£4,368	£4,590	5.08
For the evaluation of a notification under regulation 5(1)(c) (>1,000 tonnes per year)	£3,640	£3,820	4.95
For a notification under regulation 6 (see note 2) -  (a) quantity of the new substance equal to or more than 100kg (regulation 6(1))	£1,216 plus £91 VAT	£1,279 plus £91 VAT	4.82
(b) quantity of the new substance up to 100kg (regulation 6(2))	£951 plus £91 VAT	£999 plus £91 VAT	4.61
For an application made by a notifier for an exemption relating to him under regulation 23	£2,080	£2,180	4.81
Note 1. Rebate where an adequate draft risk assessment is included	£2,080 plus £364 VAT	£2,160 plus £378 VAT	3.85
Note 2. Rebate where an adequate draft risk assessment is included	£520 plus £91 VAT	£520 plus £91 VAT	-
Schedule 16
Offshore installations	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	-
Schedule 17
Railway safety functions	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	-
Schedule 18
Gas safety functions	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	Reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out	-
Schedule 19
Part I		Fee for original approval £870 Fee for an additional site-visit £300 Fee for renewal of approval £60
Part II		Fee for an initial site-visit £340 Fee for any additional site-visit £300