Primary Authority Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
- Primary Authority advice
- Primary Authority group
- Primary Authority Register
- Primary Authority training
Southwest PARG Case Study discussing the benefits of Primary Authority partnership, recorded on the 16 January 2024.
- Primary Authority group
Digital ID Session from the Primary Authority Supermarket Group.
- Primary Authority group
Building relationships and improving compliance with environmental health, trading standards and fire safety legislation through Primary Authority.
- OPSS
Benefits of Primary Authority and Insurable Risk - David Scott & Chris Green, KEOGHS
- Assured Advice
- Primary Authority training
Innovation and Technology in PA Delivery - Dean Dixon, Hampshire and IOW FRS & Alison Phillips, Ocado
- Fire Safety
Primary Authority review tool template annual review form.
- Tools and guidance
Guidance on the use of the Primary Authority review tool.
- Tools and guidance
Primary Authority review tool template workplan.
- Tools and guidance
Primary Authority review tool gap analysis template.
- Tools and guidance
Animation from Better Business for All (BBfA) explaining requirements around fire safety.
- Fire Safety
Animation from Better Business for All (BBfA) explaining the role of trading standards.
- Trading Standards
Resources for local regulators.
- Assured Advice
- OPSS
- RAPEX
These support good practice for primary authorities and include templates and draft agreements for use by Primary Authority partnerships.
- Partnership
- Primary Authority advice
Links to guides for businesses, local authorities, enforcement officers, trade associations, businesses with a coordinated primary authority, and national regulators.
- OPSS
- Primary Authority Register
The framework for the operation of Primary Authority.
- Statutory Guidance