Prospective

PART II S OFFICIAL CONTROLS CHARGES OTHER THAN CHARGES FOR DIRECT LANDINGS FROM THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS AND FOR THIRD COUNTRY IMPORTS

General landings charge S

10.—(1) The first sale in Scotland of relevant landed fishery products shall be a chargeable transaction for the purposes of this Part.

(2) Where there is a chargeable transaction, the vendor shall include in the price which the purchaser is charged an amount equal to the charge referred to in this Part as “the general landings charge”.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) and regulation 11, the amount of the general landings charge shall be a contribution in respect of the expenditure incurred in exercising the official controls required under Chapter II of Annex III to Regulation 854/2004 and shall be 1 Euro per tonne for the first 50 tonnes of relevantly landed fishery products and 0.5 Euro per tonne for each additional tonne of such products.

(4) Where the actual costs attributable to the exercise of official controls in relation to an unloaded consignment of specified pelagic fish do not exceed 50 Euro, the general landings charge in respect of that consignment shall not exceed that amount.

(5) The general landings charge shall be payable to the relevant food authority by the vendor.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 10 in force at 1.1.2006, see reg. 1(1)