Fees associated with notifications and applications under the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19948.

(1)

The fee specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 6 shall be payable by a notifier to the competent authority, within the meaning of the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199415, on each such notification or application under those Regulations as is referred to in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Table.

(2)

In the circumstances described in column 1 of Table 2 in Schedule 6, the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table shall be payable by the notifier to the Executive in addition to the fee payable under paragraph (1) in respect of the notification concerned.

(3)

In Schedule 6—

“the 1985 Regulations” means the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198516;

“the 1994 Regulations” means the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994;

“the predecessor Directive” has the same meaning as is given to “the Directive” in the first mentioned Regulations;

“RTP polymer” means a polymer, which word has the same meaning as in the second mentioned Regulations, for which a reduced test package is acceptable pursuant to paragraph C.2 of Part D of Schedule 2 to those second mentioned Regulations; and,

references in that Schedule to “competent authority”, “the Directive”, “member State” and “process-orientated research and development” have the same meanings as in those second mentioned Regulations.