The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees and Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 S Salmonella National Control Programme (Zoonoses): Fees

Table 1

Fees payable by the person in charge of a chicken or turkey holding from which an official control sample is taken, processed and examined for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Time spent in obtaining an official control sample for examination in a laboratory (in addition to fees specified below)	23 per half hour or part half hour spent
Taking an official control sample from a chicken laying flock	60
Taking an official control sample from a chicken breeding flock	96
Taking an official control sample from a chicken broiler flock	89
Taking an official control sample from a turkey fattening or breeding flock	87
Examination of an official control sample in a laboratory	15 per sample examined

Table 2

Fees payable by the operator of a laboratory in relation to approval under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Processing an application for an initial laboratory approval or an annual renewal of a laboratory approval	43
Conducting inspections and quality assurance based upon the number of tests for which the laboratory is approved	one test	642
	two tests	661
	three tests	681
	four tests	700
Conducting collaborative testing required to obtain and maintain approval as a testing laboratory	For Salmonella	37 per test

Table 3

Fees payable by the person in charge of poultry flocks for conducting tests under point 4(b) of Part D of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Conducting tests on seven dust and faecal samples taken from each flock	15 per sample tested
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the caeca and oviducts of 300 birds in each flock	3,560
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the shell and the content of 4,000 eggs of each flock	2,310

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 2 S Poultry health scheme: Fees

Table 1

Fees for registration and approval of an establishment for the purposes of the poultry health scheme
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Time spent by a veterinary officer carrying out the licensing or approval activities in this Table (in this Table, the “time fee”), in addition to the fees listed below unless otherwise specified in column 2 that this time fee does not apply	23 per half hour or part half hour spent
Annual registration as a poultry health scheme member (in this Table, a “scheme member”)	61 (time fee does not apply)
Approval for first year of a scheme member's flock or hatchery	210
Approval for first year of a scheme member's combined flock and hatchery on one site where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary officer	233
Annual re-approval of a scheme member's flock or hatchery, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary surgeon who is not a veterinary officer	74 (time fee does not apply)
Annual re-approval of a scheme member's combined flock and hatchery on one site, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary surgeon who is not a veterinary officer	78 (time fee does not apply)
Annual re-approval of a scheme member's flock or hatchery, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary officer	178
Annual re-approval of a scheme member's combined flock and hatchery on one site, where the inspection is carried out by a veterinary officer	183

Table 2

Fees payable by the operator of a laboratory in relation to an approval for the purposes of the poultry health scheme
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Processing an application for an initial laboratory approval or an annual renewal of a laboratory approval	43
Proficiency test in respect of Salmonella bacteriology (pullorum, gallinarum and arizonae)	131 per test
Proficiency test in respect of Salmonella serology (pullorum, gallinarum)	336 per test
Proficiency test in respect of Mycoplasma chicken serology (gallisepticum)	336 per test
Proficiency test in respect of Mycoplasma culture (gallisepticum and meleagridis)	281 per test
Proficiency test in respect of Mycoplasma turkey serology (gallisepticum and meleagridis)	336 per test

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 3 S Bovine semen: Fees

Fees payable by applicants and operators in connection with activities for the purposes of the 2007 Regulations
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Time spent carrying out the licensing or approval activities in this Table (in addition to each of the fees listed below)	veterinary officer	23 per half hour or part half hour spent
	person who is employed by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State other than as a veterinary officer	12 per half hour or part half hour spent
Considering an application under regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations for approval of a bovine animal for use in a domestic collection centre or at unlicensed premises, or an application under regulation 10 of the 2007 Regulations for approval of the use of a bovine animal for collection of its semen or for use as a teaser animal at unlicensed premises	38
Considering an application under regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations for approval of a bovine animal for use in an EU collection centre	Bovine animal aged 6 months or under		187
	Bovine animal aged over 6 months and in a same sex group		187
	Bovine animal aged over 6 months and in a mixed sex group		368
Considering an application made under regulation 4 of the 2007 Regulations for a licence to operate an EU quarantine centre	114
Considering an application made under regulation 4 of the 2007 Regulations for a licence to operate an EU collection centre	146
Considering an application made under regulation 4 of the 2007 Regulations for a licence to operate an EU storage centre	63
Conducting an examination of a bovine semen centre under regulation 40 of the 2007 Regulations	14

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 4 S Porcine semen: fees

Fees payable in connection with activities for the purposes of the 1964 RegulationsM1 and the 1992 Regulations
M2 Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
1. Time spent carrying out the licensing or approval activities in this Table, in addition to each of the fees listed below (in this Table the “time fee”) unless specified in column 2 that this time fee is not applicable	veterinary officer	23 per half hour or part half hour spent
	person who is employed by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State other than as a veterinary officer	12 per half hour or part half hour spent
Application for approval of boars to provide semen for the purpose of artificial insemination
2.
(a) Considering an application for the approval of a boar under regulation 2(1) of the 1964 Regulations for the purpose of the collection of permitted semen which will not be subject to intra-EU trade	92
(b) Considering an application for the approval of each additional boar examined at the same time	19 (time fee does not apply)
Routine testing of boars
3. Routine testing of boars at an artificial insemination centre from which semen is not subject to intra-EU trade	up to a maximum of 10 boars		140
	each additional boar tested on the premises		19
Operation of an artificial insemination centre
4.
(a) Considering an application from an operator for an artificial insemination centre licence or approval	29
(b) Considering an application for approval of an alteration to licensed premises (in accordance with conditions attached to the licence)	29
(c) Routine examination of an artificial insemination centre	9

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1964/1171 as disapplied by S.I. 1992/3161.

M2 S.I. 1992/3161.

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 5 S Bovine embryo (collection, production and transfer): fees

Fees payable in connection with activities for the purposes of the 1995 Regulations M3
Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)
Time spent when carrying out inspections (in addition to the basic fees listed in this Table where the relevant facilities, premises or records require inspection)	23 per half hour or part half hour spent
Considering an application for approval of a single bovine embryo collection or production team where there is inspection of one laboratory	131
Considering an application for approval of each additional laboratory or store from the same applicant where that laboratory or store is located more than 8 kilometres away from other embryo teams inspected for approval	86
Considering an application for approval of an additional laboratory or store from the same applicant when the inspection is done on the same day and the laboratory or store is located 8 kilometres or less from other embryo teams inspected for approval	27
Considering an application for approval of:	60
- a bovine embryo transfer team; or - a store under regulation 13 of the 1995 Regulations; - a store under regulation 16 of the 1995 Regulations; or - a store and its supervisor under regulations 16 and 19 of the 1995 Regulations,
Considering an application for re-approval of a laboratory or a store following any alterations	71
Carrying out routine inspection of records of a single bovine embryo production, collection or transfer team and re-inspection of a single laboratory or store	70
Carrying out routine inspection of records of each additional bovine embryo production, collection or transfer team, and re-inspection of each additional laboratory or store	41 for each additional team and laboratory or store
Considering an application for approval of a bovine embryo collection team or production team with no inspection of a laboratory	168

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 1995/2478, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these regulations.

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 6 S Checking consignments of live animals from third countries at border inspection posts: fees

Fees for inspecting consignments of animals from third countries and checking importation documentation at border inspection posts in accordance with regulation 13 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012
M4 Column 1 Inspection of type of animal and checking documents	Column 2 Fee (£) per consignment
Poultry, ratites and small game birds	44
Live fish, aquatic animals and reptiles	40
Rabbits and rodents	44
Captive birds	44
Bees, other insects and invertebrates	40
Pets unaccompanied	44
Equidae	54
Farmed livestock including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, pigs and wild boar	54
Animals not covered by any other category	44
Transhipment check of documents	44

Marginal Citations

M4 S.S.I. 2012/177, as amended by S.S.I. 2012/198.

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 7 S

Column 1 Reference	Column 2 Title	Column 3 Extent of revocation
S.I. 1995/2479	The Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) (Fees) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. 1997/639	The Animals (Third Country Imports) (Charges) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.S.I. 2007/330	The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007	Regulations 41 and 42
S.S.I. 2007/421	The Porcine Semen (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007	The whole Regulations
S.S.I. 2009/230	The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2009	The whole Regulations
S.S.I. 2009/416	The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009	The whole Regulations
S.S.I. 2010/88	The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010	The whole Regulations
S.S.I. 2011/171	The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011	Schedule 2, paragraphs 48 to 50
S.S.I. 2012/176	The Poultry Health Scheme (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2012	The whole Regulations