The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 568

Fees And Charges

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

7th March 2014

Laid before Parliament

11th March 2014

Coming into force

6th April 2014

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 6th April 2014.

Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004

2.  The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004(2) are amended as follows.

3.  In Schedule 1 (calculation of variable fee)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) an amount per officer for the time spent in providing the service, calculated in accordance with the following table—

Table 1

Regulations relating to the relevant service	Grade of Officer	Amount per hour
Regulation 6	Support Officer	£80
	Assessor/Manager	£95
Regulation 8A and 8B(1)(c)	Auditor	£95”; and

(b) for paragraph (aa) substitute—

“(aa) an amount for the time spent in providing the service on work of a specified type, calculated in accordance with the following table—

Table 1

Regulations relating to the relevant service	Specific type of work	Amount per hour
Regulations 4, 5, 7 8 and 8B(1)(a) and (b)	Equipment testing	£87
	Type examination	£107
	Administration	£56
	Certification decision	£130”

David Willetts

Minister of State for Universities and Science

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

7th March 2014

We Consent

Sam Gyimah

Anne Milton

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

6th March 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), which prescribe fees to be charged in relation to certain services provided by the Secretary of State with regards to measuring instruments.

The 2004 Regulations provide for the fees payable to the Secretary of State to be made up of a number of components, one of which is a “variable fee” calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 to those Regulations. One of the components of the variable fee is an hourly rate. Different hourly rates are prescribed depending on the work done and the seniority of the staff involved. These Regulations increase the hourly rate payable in respect of the service provided by auditors (from £85 to £95 per hour) and in relation to the following type of work: equipment testing (from £85 to £87 per hour), type examination (from £105 to £107 per hour) and administration (from £55 to £56 per hour).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has a negligible effect on business.

(1)

1973 c.51.

(2)

S.I. 2004/1300, amended by S.I. 2006/604, S.I. 2006/2679, S.I. 2008/732, S.I. 2010/728 and S.I. 2012/751.