Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive

Fee for Intervention

Gordon MacDonald

Director of Special Projects

Today’s Session

• Explain where we are in the process and next steps

• Report back on the themes coming out of the consultation

• Discuss issues that particularly affect OPSTD

The Story So Far

• Ministerial announcement – 21 March

• Formal consultation – July to October

• Dry run – October to December

Next steps

• Board consider response – 7 December

• Impact assessment to RPC – late December

• Proposals to Minister – late January

• Ministerial write round – February

• Regulations laid – late February

• Regulations come into force – 6 April

• Shadow run – January to March

Issues arising from consultation

• Incentivise HSE to maximise receipts

• Harm HSE/business relationship

• Unclear on material breach and inspector’s opinion

• Trigger too low at letter

• Impact on SMEs

• Independence in the disputes process

• LA position