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OPSS Support for LAs Resources

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This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Product Safety Testing Sampling Protocol 2025-26; Haier integrated heat pump tumble dryers' corrective action
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Building LA Capability Construction Products training session in Sheffield
Wider Updates: Regulators’ Companion maintenance; request for feedback on product safety, construction products, and legal metrology training; Building LA Capability training sessions in September and October
Dates to Note
  1. CTSI Training
  2. Head of service
  3. Primary Authority
  4. Sampling protocol
This email contains information on the following:

Quarterly Live Briefing
Product Safety: Heat pump tumble dryer incident
Primary Authority: Reminder to update your Primary Authority Register passwords; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Building LA Capability Construction Products training session in Sheffield
Wider updates: Building LA Capability training sessions in September and October
Dates to note
  1. Construction products
  2. CTSI Training
  3. Head of service
  4. Primary Authority
HoS Email sent to to LAs on 28/08/2025.
  1. Head of service
Heads of Service email sent on 21 August 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. OPSS
  3. Primary Authority
  4. Sampling protocol
Heads of Service email sent on 14 August 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. OPSS
Heads of Service email sent on 7 August 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. OPSS
  3. Primary Authority
  4. Requirement to Warn
Heads of Service email sent on 31 July 2025.
  1. Construction products
  2. Head of service
  3. Machinery
  4. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 25 July 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. Primary Authority
  3. Product safety
Heads of Service email sent on 17 July 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 10 July 2025.
  1. CTSI Training
  2. Head of service
  3. Primary Authority
Chief Fire Officers email sent on 17 July 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. Primary Authority
  3. Product safety
Heads of Service email sent on 3 July 2025.
  1. Head of service
  2. Measuring Equipment
  3. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 26 June 2025.
  1. Construction products
  2. Head of service
  3. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 13 June 2025. This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunities; Updates to child safety: nil by mouth ingestion product safety webpage
Legal Metrology: Section 70 Weights and Measures Act 1985 – urgent request for outstanding 2024-2025 returns; bagged sand weight marking request
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Legal Metrology and Product Safety Training Programme; PRAM Bill Code of Conduct
Dates to note
  1. CTSI Training
  2. Head of service
  3. Measuring Equipment
  4. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 19 June 2025. This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunities reminder
Primary Authority: Business seeking primary authority
Construction Products: InstallerSHOW 2025 Birmingham
Wider Updates: Legal Metrology and Product Safety Training Programme
Dates to note
  1. Construction products
  2. Head of service
  3. Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 5 June 2025.
  1. Batteries
  2. Construction products
  3. CTSI Training
  4. Head of service
  5. Machinery
  6. Measuring Equipment
  7. Primary Authority
  8. Vapes
Heads of Service email sent on 29 May 2025.
  1. Head of service
Heads of Service email sent on 22 May 2025.
  1. Head of service
Heads of Service email sent on 15 May 2025.
  1. Head of service
Resource page for OPSS's Quarterly Live Briefing which was held on Thursday 8 May 2025.
  1. Construction products
  2. Local authority
  3. Regulation
  4. Vapes
Heads of Service email sent on 8 May 2025.

This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Publication of PAS 7055:2025 – Button and Coin batteries; Amendments to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 and guidance for business
Wider updates: Learning and development opportunities in Product Safety and Legal Metrology; PRISM training needs survey
Dates to note
  1. Head of service