Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
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.
- Legal Metrology Expert Panel
- LMEP
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.
- Legal Metrology Expert Panel
- LMEP
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.
- Enforcement
- Local authority
- Product safety
- Sampling protocol
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.
- Construction products
- Product safety
- REUL
This handbook brings together tools, guidance, case studies and templates in one place and was developed through the Better Business for All programme.
- Collaborative
- Local authority
- Regulation
Innovation and Technology in PA Delivery - Dean Dixon, Hampshire and IOW FRS & Alison Phillips, Ocado
- Fire Safety
Benefits of Primary Authority and Insurable Risk - David Scott & Chris Green, KEOGHS
- Assured Advice
- Primary Authority training
A collection of resources from the PA SLD 2024.
- Primary authority
- Primary Authority advice
- Primary Authority training
Primary Authority review tool template workplan.
- Tools and guidance
Primary Authority review tool gap analysis template.
- Tools and guidance
Primary Authority review tool template annual review form.
- Tools and guidance
Guidance on the use of the Primary Authority review tool.
- Tools and guidance
Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards. January 2023.
- Enforcement
- Product safety
- REUL
- Sampling protocol
- Vapes
A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.
- OPSS
A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulations 2017.
- OPSS
European Commission updated 'Blue Guide' on the implementation of directives based on the new approach and the global approach.
- The Blue Guide
Product safety compliance update for cricket PPE (excluding helmets) from the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
- Cricket
- OPSS
- PPE
Video of a weighbridge test and how to perform one.
- Public Weighbridges
- OPSS