Financial provisionsE+W+S
45 Regulations as to charges.E+W+S
(1)[F1the Secretary of State] may make regulations requiring or authorising charges to be imposed by enforcement authorities in respect of things done [F2or to be done] by them which they are required or authorised to do by or under this Act.
(2)Regulations under this section may include such provision as [F1the Secretary of State] see fit as regards charges for which the regulations provide and the recovery of such charges; and nothing in the following provisions shall prejudice this.
(3)Regulations under this section may provide that the amount of a charge (if imposed) is to be at the enforcement authority’s discretion or to be at its discretion subject to a maximum or a minimum.
(4)Regulations under this section providing that a charge may not exceed a maximum amount, or be less than a minimum amount, may—
(a)provide for one amount, or a scale of amounts to cover different prescribed cases; and
(b)prescribe, as regards any amount, a sum or a method of calculating the amount.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 45(1)(2) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 8 (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F2Words in s. 45(1) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 20 (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 45 transfer of functions (23.3.2005) by Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849), art. 1, Sch. (with art. 6)
46 Expenses of authorised officers and county councils.E+W+S
(1)Any expenses which are incurred under this Act by an authorised officer of a food authority in procuring samples, and causing samples to be analysed or examined, shall be defrayed by that authority.
(2)Any expenses incurred by a county council in the enforcement and execution of any provision of this Act, or of any regulations or orders made under it, shall, if the Secretary of State so directs, be defrayed as expenses for special county purposes charged on such part of the county as may be specified in the direction.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (E.) (22.8.2007) by Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2245), regs. 1(2), 21 (with reg. 1(4)(5))
C3S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (27.4.2008) by Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/129), regs. 1(2), 20 (with reg. 3)
C4S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (19.12.2008) by Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/395), regs. 1(2), 20 (with reg. 3)
C5S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (17.4.2009) by Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/793), regs. 1(2), 21 (with reg. 1(4)(5))
C6S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (14.9.2009) by Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2163), regs. 1(1), 39
C7S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (16.7.2010) by The Eggs and Chicks (Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1671), regs. 1(1), 39
C8S. 46(1) applied (with modifications) (E.) (21.3.2011) by The Poultrymeat (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/452), regs. 1(1), 25
47 Remuneration of tribunal chairmen.E+W+S
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament to the chairman of any tribunal constituted in accordance with regulations under this Act such remuneration (by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as [F3the Secretary of State] may with the approval of the Treasury determine.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in s. 47 substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 8 (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C9S. 47 transfer of functions (23.3.2005) by Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849), art. 1, Sch. (with art. 6)