Resources

Product Safety: Product Safety Review and Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Consultation
Primary Authority: PA Sector Panel – Call for new members, OPSS Primary Authority Training

Product Safety Review & Fire Safety of Domestic Upholstered Furniture Consultations
Community Focused Public Safety Proposals
Gas Hob Elbow Joints
Regulators' Companion
Businesses seeking PA

A question has been raised concerning the safe transportation of Fuel Dispenser Test Measures. The Legal Metrology Expert Panel has considered this matter and offers the following points for consideration when Local Authorities compile their own appropriate Health and Safety at Work procedures.

A question has been raised concerning missing stickers on weighing and measuring instruments. The Legal Metrology Expert Panel has considered this matter and offers the following points for consideration.

A 'Growler' is a refillable container, into which draught beer or cider is poured at licensed premises for 'off premises' consumption. They come in many different shapes and sizes and have become very popular. This note considers the legislation that relates to them. It only considers sale of beer and cider for consumption off the premises and the options a licensee has for filling the Growler.

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, 11 July 2023. Covers PRISM, online marketplaces, presumption of conformity, and e-bikes and e-scooters.

Sampling protocol for 2023/24 in relation to product safety published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, 25 April 2023. Covers product safety triage and escalation, construction products, PRISM update and product safety review and REUL.

This handbook brings together tools, guidance, case studies and templates in one place and was developed through the Better Business for All programme.

Innovation and Technology in PA Delivery - Dean Dixon, Hampshire and IOW FRS & Alison Phillips, Ocado

Benefits of Primary Authority and Insurable Risk - David Scott & Chris Green, KEOGHS

Primary Authority review tool template workplan.

Primary Authority review tool template annual review form.

Primary Authority review tool gap analysis template.

Guidance on the use of the Primary Authority review tool.

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards. January 2023.

A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.

A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulations 2017.