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Food & Drink Manufacture H&S Forum Fee for intervention: HSE’s cost recovery proposals

Andy Gay Implementation Manager

Today’s Session

• Share HSE’s plans to extend cost recovery
• Discuss any comments and questions you

may have

Cost Recovery – 4 Key Areas

• Fee for Intervention
• Major Hazards
• Statutory Consultee – Land Use Planning
• Non Statutory Advice to Businesses

Key Milestones

• Cost recovery is operational

April 2012

• Formal launch
• Ways of working tested

across all teams Feb – Mar ’12

• ‘Shadow Running’ of

processes and procedures

• Ways of working tested with

small groups / team Oct - Dec ’11

• ‘Dry run’ of

processes and procedures

• Formal consultation of how

cost recovery will work July – Oct ’11

• Public and formal

consultation

• Confirmation of decision and

project team established 21 March 2011

• Minister announced

decision to extend cost recovery for H&S

Output When Milestone

Fee for Intervention

• Effective from as early as April 2012
• Compliant businesses will not pay a penny
• Recovery of costs for formal intervention
• Current estimated costs £133 per hour
• Prosecution costs sought through the courts
• Monthly invoicing with 30 days to pay
• Disputes and queries process will be

established

Material breach “In the opinion of the inspector a breach of health and safety law has been identified, which requires HSE’s formal intervention in supporting the business in putting matters right”

Excluded from Scope

• Existing permissioning regimes (high

hazards industries)

• Local Authority enforced premises
• Self-employed dutyholders (putting only

themselves at risk)

• Non-Health and Safety at Work Act

Pre-implementation

• ‘Dry run’ underway (Oct to Dec)
• Across Chelmsford, Norwich, Bedford,

Basingstoke, Newcastle and Construction Division

• Testing processes and systems
• Gathering feedback from colleagues and

dutyholders

• ‘Shadow run’ involving all staff - Feb 2012

Questions or Comments?