Complaints about regulatory advice – HSE’s regulation of higher hazard workplace and activities

HSE operates a number of different permissioning regimes for higher hazard workplaces and activities. Each of these have separate processes to raise disputes with HSE. Information on these can be obtained through the links below.

• Query or dispute the amount you have been charged by HSE for its permissioning activities.
• Appeal against a decision concerning a licence under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012.
• Dispute a prohibition notice served under the Control of Major Hazards Regulations 1999 on a site you operate.
• Dispute the conclusions of a safety report assessment under the Control of Major Hazards Regulations 1999  for  a site you operate or to object to an enforcement notice being put into the public domain on commercial confidentiality grounds.
• Dispute a non-acceptance of a safety case for an offshore installation  submitted under the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005
• Dispute a rejection of a safety report submitted under the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996
• Appeal against a decision concerning a licence under the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005.
• Appeal against the decision of an HSE Approved Medical Examiner of Divers.