Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2012 No. 305
Animals
Animal Health
The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made
27th July 2012
Coming into operation
27th August 2012
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union M2.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 8(1), (2) and (5) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 M3 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 having consulted with the bodies which appeared to it to be substantially representative of the interests concerned and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
Citation and commencementN.I.
1. This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 27th August 2012.
InterpretationN.I.
2. In this Order—
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
FeesN.I.
3. The fees and amounts specified in (or determined in accordance with) columns (1) and (2) of the Table in the Schedule shall be paid to the Department (in accordance with the Note 1 to the Table) by the person specified in column (3) within 14 days of demand.
Consequential amendmentN.I.
4. In paragraph 1 (Interpretation) of the Schedule to The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 M4 for the definition of “Fees Order” substitute “ “Fees Order” means The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012; and ”.
Marginal Citations
M4S.R. 2011 No. 436
RevocationN.I.
5. The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 M5 is revoked.
Marginal Citations
M5S.R. 2011 No. 435
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th July 2012
L.S.
Sinclair Mayne
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 27th July 2012
L.S.
John McKibben
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
Article 3
[F1SCHEDULEN.I.NORTHERN IRELAND POULTRY HEALTH ASSURANCE SCHEME FEES
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. substituted (1.4.2016) by The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/118), arts. 1(1), 2(2), Sch.
| Activity | Fee | Fee to be paid by |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Registration and 1st year membership fee | £250.51 | The operator of the establishment |
| Annual membership fee comprising a total of: | The operator of the establishment | |
| (a) an administration fee; and | £13.13 | |
| (b) a supplementary audit inspection fee | £15.71 | |
| Re-inspection fee determined in accordance with Table Footnote (1) | Case-by-case (1) | The operator of the establishment |
NoteN.I.
1. The re-inspection fee shall be determined on a case by case basis and shall comprise of a charge for an administration officer’s time spent providing administrative support, the charge for which shall be £26.25 per hour (or part thereof) and the veterinary inspector’s time based on a charge of £55.97 per hour (or part thereof) and a charge for mileage, that is, 45 pence for each mile travelled by the veterinary inspector to and from the operator’s establishment in order to carry out the re-inspection.]
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes and remakes the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011. The Order makes provision for the Department to charge fees for activities required under Council Directive 2009/158/EC (on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries, of poultry and hatching eggs). The activities and fees are listed in the Schedule.