Resources

This document template is editable. It outlines the necessary information that should be provided to a business by the primary authority.

A checklist that supports the onboarding of businesses into the PA scheme ensuring key points are covered.

Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 30 January 2025

This email contains information on the following:

Quarterly Live Briefing: Resources from the session; hold the date – webinar on continued recognition of EU requirements – 24 February
Product Safety: Government publishes research report into e-bike battery safety
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider updates: MHCLG Local Authority funding reform consultation (England only)
Dates to note

A recording and slides from OPSS's Quarterly Live Briefing for Local Authorities hosted on Tuesday 28 January 2025 at 4pm. Topics presented included:

Statutory guidelines on lithium-ion battery safety for e-bikes
Fire Safety of Domestic Upholstered Furniture
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill update
Wider OPSS and DBT Updates

Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 24 January 2025

This email contains information on the following:

Quarterly Live Briefing - reminder
Product Safety: Ongoing review of the Fire Safety of domestic upholstered furniture; request to complete Trading Standards – Regulator Toolkit survey
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note

(Note: this guidance applies to CURRENT products and will be superseded by the Environment Protection (Single Use Vapes) Regulations which come into effect on the 1st June 2025)

Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 17 January 2025

This email contains information on the following:

Quarterly Live Briefing
Product Safety: Request to complete Trading Standards – Regulator Toolkit survey
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note

Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 10 January 2025

This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Request to complete Trading Standards – Regulator Toolkit survey; change to Submit Cosmetic Product Notification (SCPN) log in; sharing further data on the e-bikes project

Primary Authority: Update on partnerships within Tobacco Industry; businesses seeking Primary Authority

Dates to note

LA e-bike and e-scooter project printable leaflet
LA e-bike and e-scooter project online leaflet
LA e-bike and e-scooter project legislation leaflet
LA e-bike and e-scooter survey return template

Heads of Service email to Local Authorities sent on 20 December 2024

This email contains information on the following:

Important Update: Christmas opening hours
Product Safety: Updated resources for Buy Safe Be Safe campaign; EU Safety Reporting update; UK Health Security Agency Laser product information sheet; Designated Standards Divergence table; Divergence Tracker – Implemented EU measures table
Dates to note

Why is Weights and Measures work important? Important facts presented by the National Measurement & Regulation Office.

This information sheet has been developed by the UK Health Security Agency based on their experiences undertaking safety assessments of consumer laser products that have been provided by the UK Local Authorities, Trading Standards, Border Force, and the Police.

Here are the 18 designated standards that have a restriction or informative note not reflected in the equivalent citation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Implemented EU measures table

Weights and Measures Act 1985 resources.

Certification of MCB templates prior to first use (as derived from The Code of Practical Guidance for Packers and Importers).

This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: E-bikes – Secretary of State publication of statutory guidelines for businesses
Primary Authority: PA register user research volunteers; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Request for Product Safety, Construction Products and Legal Metrology training feedback
Dates to note

PRODUCT SAFETY
E-bikes – publication of statutory guidelines for businesses

PRIMARY AUTHORITY
PAR4 User Research Volunteers

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

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