OPSS Support for LAs Resources

This email contains information on the following:

Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: July OPSS funded training; Quarterly Live Briefing
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Product Safety: LA e-bike and e-scooter project returns monthly deadline
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
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Product Safety: E-bikes and e-scooters project briefing Q&A
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
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Product Safety: OPSS e-bikes and e-scooters repairers project briefing
Primary Authority: Business seeking a Primary Authority
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Important updates: Pre-election period; Change of email addresses
Product Safety: Current fire safety product cases
Primary Authority: Training for new and potential Primary Authority providers; Businesses seeking a Primary Authority partner
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Product Safety: Fatalities linked to microwaveable wheat bags; OPSS ebikes and e-scooters repairers project briefing
Primary Authority: Businesses Seeking Primary Authority
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Product Safety
Legal Metrology
Primary Authority: Businesses Seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products
Wider Updates
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Product Safety: Reminder – E-bike and e-scooters project briefing
Primary Authority: New Primary Authority provider; Business seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Request for updates to Heads of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Chief Weights and Measures Inspectors
Dates to note

Important update: Pre-election period
Product Safety: Reminder: e-bike and e-scooter repairers briefing session; Product Safety Sampling Protocol 24-25; sports PPE compliance
Legal Metrology: Reminder – Section 70 Weights and Measures returns deadline
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: OPSS funded training; Request for updates to Heads of Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Chief Weights and Measures Inspectors
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Product Safety: Save the date: e-bike and e-scooter repairers’ briefing session
Legal Metrology: Section 70 request for Weights and Measures returns 2023-24
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: OPSS funded training
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Product Safety: E-bikes project – recording activity
Legal Metrology: Section 70 returns form – new location on Regulators’ Companion
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
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Product Safety: LA e-bike and e-scooter project resources
Legal Metrology: Section 70 Returns form amendment
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a Primary Authority
Wider updates: Quarterly live briefing
Dates to note

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, recorded on the 30 April 2024.

Wider Updates: Change of email addresses; Quarterly Live Briefing
Product Safety: Ebike and escooter safety
Legal Metrology: Section 70 request for Weights and Measures returns 2023-24
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a Primary Authority
Dates to note

Important updates: Change of Local Authority Unit’s email address, Quarterly Live Briefing; Extension of CE marking and fast-track UKCA measures
Legal Metrology: Contacts for Section 70 Weights and Measures Returns
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a Primary Authority
Dates to note

Please note important update: Change of Local Authority Unit’s email address
Product Safety: OPSS future work with Local Authorities on fires relating to e-bike and e-scooter lithium batteries
Legal Metrology: Contacts for Section 70 Weights and Measures Returns
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking a Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Building LA Capability – learning and development opportunities; Quarterly Live Briefing
Dates to note

OPSS quarterly briefing for Local Authority and Fire and Rescue Services from 30 January 2024.

Agenda for the Primary Authority Shared Learning Day taking place on Thursday 29 February 2024.

Product Safety: Publication of the OPSS Delivery Report 2022-23, UPP Batteries withdrawal notice
Primary Authority: Primary Authority Shared Learning Day, Primary Authority training dates, Business seeking PA Partner
Wider Updates: Announcement – extending recognition of CE marking

Product Safety – Community Focused Public Safety Funding; Product Safety Database annual reports; product-related fire incident notifications procedure – e-Bikes and e- Scooters Request;
Primary Authority – businesses seeking Primary Authority partner.