Resources

Quarterly Online Briefing
Primary Authority: Upcoming Primary Authority Training Dates

Legal Metrology: Publication of the Section 70 Weights and Measures data returns and report 2022-23
Primary Authority: Businesses Seeking PA

Product Safety: E-bike and e-scooter Consumer Awareness
Primary Authority: Businesses Seeking PA
Wider Updates: Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations - Heat Networks, LA Building Regulatory Capability Invitation to Tender

Summarises the regulations which Vape Producers must comply with under the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. Includes producer and distributor obligations and Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATFs) and a list of AATFs identified by OPSS.

Product Safety: Gas Hobs Corrective Action Programme
Wider Updates: Improving Consumer Transparency Consultation, Delay to PSD Update

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 '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.

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.

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.

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

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