OPSS Support for LAs Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Guidance on General Product Safety legislation for Northern Ireland; Freedom of Information request – data release
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority.
Wider Updates: Request for feedback on Product Safety, Construction Products and Legal Metrology training; OPSS Horizon Scan 1.0.
Dates to note
Product Safety: Guidance on General Product Safety legislation for Northern Ireland; Freedom of Information request – data release
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority.
Wider Updates: Request for feedback on Product Safety, Construction Products and Legal Metrology training; OPSS Horizon Scan 1.0.
Dates to note
- Head of service
Chief Fire Officers' email to Fire and Rescue Services sent on 29 November 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike / e-scooter fire – consumer safety campaign; Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike / e-scooter fire – consumer safety campaign; Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024
Dates to note
- Head of service
Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 29 November 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity closes Friday 6 December
Primary Authority: Proposed changes to the statutory guidance – extended deadline; Businesses Seeking Primary Authority
Wider updates: Request for feedback on Product Safety, Construction Products and Legal Metrology training
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity closes Friday 6 December
Primary Authority: Proposed changes to the statutory guidance – extended deadline; Businesses Seeking Primary Authority
Wider updates: Request for feedback on Product Safety, Construction Products and Legal Metrology training
Dates to note
- Head of service
Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 22 November 2024
This email contains information on the following:
OPSS update: Publication of OPSS delivery report 2023-24
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
OPSS update: Publication of OPSS delivery report 2023-24
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included
Dates to note
- Head of service
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to Expression of Interest form; changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to Expression of Interest form; changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
- Head of service
Chief Fire Officers' email to Fire and Rescue Services sent on 15 November 2024.
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to Expression of Interest form; changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Changes to Expression of Interest form; changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included
Dates to note
- Head of service
Product Safety: Product Safety Review – summary of responses published; consumer awareness funding opportunity
Primary Authority: Primary Authority – businesses seeking opportunities
Wider updates: Publication of latest wave of OPSS research on consumer attitudes; free-to-attend training
Dates to note
Primary Authority: Primary Authority – businesses seeking opportunities
Wider updates: Publication of latest wave of OPSS research on consumer attitudes; free-to-attend training
Dates to note
- Head of service
Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 01 November 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Online Training Opportunities, Business Seeking Primary Authority – New Opportunities
Wider Updates: Local Authority Training Opportunities
Dates to note: training available in November
This email contains information on the following:
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Online Training Opportunities, Business Seeking Primary Authority – New Opportunities
Wider Updates: Local Authority Training Opportunities
Dates to note: training available in November
- Head of service
Chief Fire Officers' email to Fire and Rescue Services sent on 25 October 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters safety campaign
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes to the statutory guidance 2024
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters safety campaign
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes to the statutory guidance 2024
Dates to note
- Head of service
Heads of Service email to local authorities sent on 25 October 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters campaigns
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes
to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Construction Products in-person training
opportunities
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooters campaigns
Primary Authority: Primary Authority online training opportunities; changes
to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Construction Products in-person training
opportunities
Dates to note
- Head of service
Heads of Service email to local authorities sent on 18 October 2024
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Fireworks campaign media assets; OPSS advises consumers on banned chemical
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
This email contains information on the following:
Product Safety: Fireworks campaign media assets; OPSS advises consumers on banned chemical
Primary Authority: Changes to the statutory guidance 2024; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
- Head of service
Primary Authority: Regulators’ Companion resource updates; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Local Authority training opportunities
Dates to note
Wider Updates: Local Authority training opportunities
Dates to note
- Head of service
A recording and slides from OPSS's Quarterly Live Briefing for Local Authorities hosted on Tuesday 8 October at 4pm.
- Local authority
This email contains information on the following:
Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final set of e-bike and e-scooter returns to be submitted; BSI consultation of PAS 7055:2025 button and coin batteries; PRISM and PSD toolkit
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Introduction to Construction Webinar
Dates to note
Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final set of e-bike and e-scooter returns to be submitted; BSI consultation of PAS 7055:2025 button and coin batteries; PRISM and PSD toolkit
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Introduction to Construction Webinar
Dates to note
- Head of service
This email contains information on the following:
Save the date: Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final returns submissions for LA e-bike and e-scooters project; Designated Standards on tumble dryers
Legal Metrology: Publication of the Section 70 Weights and Measures returns report 2023-24
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in Product Safety and Legal Metrology
Dates to note
Save the date: Reminder: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing Tuesday 8 October
Product Safety: Final returns submissions for LA e-bike and e-scooters project; Designated Standards on tumble dryers
Legal Metrology: Publication of the Section 70 Weights and Measures returns report 2023-24
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in Product Safety and Legal Metrology
Dates to note
- Head of service
This email contains information on the following:
Save the date: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing 8 Oct
Product Safety: OPSS issues safety alert in relation to water beads
Primary Authority: Complete the Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; Businesses seeking Primary Authority; Primary Authority Training
Dates to note
Save the date: OPSS Quarterly Live Briefing 8 Oct
Product Safety: OPSS issues safety alert in relation to water beads
Primary Authority: Complete the Primary Authority Register accessibility survey; Businesses seeking Primary Authority; Primary Authority Training
Dates to note
- Head of service
Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooter project: reminder of date for final return submissions; Designated Standards on Electrical equipment: reminder of proposals to amen
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
- Head of service
Important update: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill
Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooters project: reminder of date for monthly returns submissions
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooters project: reminder of date for monthly returns submissions
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note
- Head of service
Product Safety: E-bike and E-scooters project: reminder to send return on activity; Updated Notification Guidance for Market Surveillance Authorities
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in product safety and legal metrology
Dates to note
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – Reminder of opportunities previously included
Wider Updates: Learning and development opportunities in product safety and legal metrology
Dates to note
- Head of service
Product Safety: OPSS 2024 version of the Incident Management Plan; reminder of the deadline for Designated Standards; reminder of evaluation of product recalls code of practice
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included; reminder of Primary Authority training dates
Dates to note
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – reminder of opportunities previously included; reminder of Primary Authority training dates
Dates to note
- Head of service
Product Safety: Product safety recalls: summer safety 2024
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – new opportunities; Businesses seeking Primary Authority – existing opportunities; final Primary Authority training dates for 2024
Dates to note
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority – new opportunities; Businesses seeking Primary Authority – existing opportunities; final Primary Authority training dates for 2024
Dates to note
- Head of service