SCHEDULE 10AMENDMENTS TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY (FEES) REGULATIONS 2004
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The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 200456 shall be amended as follows.
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For regulations 12 to 14 substitute—
Fees for certificates and applications for approvals under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 200412
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A driver may only be issued with a driver training certificate in accordance with regulation 32 of the Carriage Regulations where a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 10 has been paid to the GB competent authority.
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The validity of a driver training certificate may only be extended in accordance with regulation 33(6)(c) of the Carriage Regulations where, within the period of 12 months which precede the expiry of the original certificate or of an extension of it granted in accordance with that regulation, a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 10 has been paid to the GB competent authority.
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A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the GB competent authority on each application for an original approval or a renewal of any approval of initial or refresher training in accordance with sub-section 8.2.2.6 of ADR pursuant to regulation 24(1) of the Carriage Regulations.
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The fee payable under paragraph (3) on application for such approval as is mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 11 shall be respectively that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 or 3 of that Schedule.
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An individual may only be issued with a safety adviser vocational training certificate in accordance with regulation 32 of the Carriage Regulations where a fee as specified in Schedule 12 has been paid to the GB competent authority or the person designated by it for the purpose of issuing safety adviser vocational training certificates.
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The validity of a safety adviser vocational training certificate may only be extended in accordance with regulation 32(5)(c) of the Carriage Regulations where, within the period of 12 months which precede the expiry of the original certificate or an extension of it granted in accordance with that paragraph, a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 12 has been paid to the GB competent authority or the person designated by it for the purpose of issuing safety adviser vocational training certificates.
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Nothing in paragraphs (1), (2), (5) and (6) shall be construed as making a fee payable by a person in any of the capacities specified in section 43(4) of the 1974 Act.
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In this regulation “the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 200457 and “GB competent authority” has the same meaning as in those Regulations.
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For Schedule 10 substitute—
SCHEDULE 10FEE FOR DRIVER TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNDER THE CARRIAGE REGULATIONS
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2
Description
Fee
Issue or extension of driver training certificate
£3
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For Schedule 11 substitute—
SCHEDULE 11FEES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS UNDER THE CARRIAGE REGULATIONS
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2
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Purpose of application
Fee for original approval
Fee for renewal of approval
a
for approval of initial training
the reasonable cost to the GB competent authority of having the work carried out
b
for approval of refresher training
the reasonable cost to the GB competent authority of having the work carried out
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For Schedule 12 substitute—
SCHEDULE 12FEE FOR SAFETY ADVISER VOCATIONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNDER THE CARRIAGE REGULATIONS
1
2
Description
Fee
Issue or extension of safety adviser vocational training certificate
the reasonable cost to the GB competent authority, or the person designated by it for the purpose of issuing vocational training certificates, of having the work carried out