date:Sep 05, 2012
From October 1, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) plans to impose a 'fee for intervention' (FFI) for cost recovery when it is required to intervene for health and safety reasons. These changes, which are expected to be approved by parliament when MPs return from the summer recess, place a duty on the HSE to recover its costs for carrying out its regulatory functions from those found to be in material breach of health and safety law.
A material breach is, when in the opinion of the HSE inspe