Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Heads of Service email sent on 21 August 2025.
- Head of service
- OPSS
- Primary Authority
- Sampling protocol
Heads of Service email sent on 7 August 2025.
- Head of service
- OPSS
- Primary Authority
- Requirement to Warn
An OPSS template letter to assist Trading Standards Officers when writing to a business premises that they believe is not complying with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment legislation.
- Batteries
Heads of Service email sent on 31 July 2025.
- Construction products
- Head of service
- Machinery
- Primary Authority
An OPSS presentation which outlines the environmental impact of button batteries through an explanation of their lifecycle. It also details the environmental regulations covering the acceptable content of Button and Coin Batteries and appropriate packaging, and WEEE regulations concerning takeback scheme requirements.
- Batteries
- OPSS
Heads of Service email sent on 25 July 2025.
- Head of service
- Primary Authority
- Product safety
Chief Fire Officers email sent on 17 July 2025.
- Head of service
- Primary Authority
- Product safety
Heads of Service email sent on 17 July 2025.
- Head of service
- Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 10 July 2025.
- CTSI Training
- Head of service
- Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 3 July 2025.
- Head of service
- Measuring Equipment
- Primary Authority
Heads of Service email sent on 26 June 2025.
- Construction products
- Head of service
- 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
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
- Construction products
- Head of service
- 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
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
- CTSI Training
- Head of service
- Measuring Equipment
- Primary Authority
Single-use vape ban formal warnings note - Letter to be inserted in Local letter template.
- Vapes
Heads of Service email sent on 5 June 2025.
- Batteries
- Construction products
- CTSI Training
- Head of service
- Machinery
- Measuring Equipment
- Primary Authority
- Vapes
Resource page for OPSS's Quarterly Live Briefing which was held on Thursday 8 May 2025.
- Construction products
- Local authority
- Regulation
- Vapes