The Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made5th November 1992

Laid before Parliament6th November 1992

Coming into force27th November 1992

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1), 6(4), 16, 18 and 45 of the Food Safety Act 19901, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, after consultation in accordance with section 48 of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations:—

Title, commencement and extent

1. (1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on27th November 1992.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) Regulations 1990

2.

The Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) Regulations 19902 (“the Milk Charges Regulations”) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 2

3.

In regulation 2(1)(a) of the Milk Charges Regulations in the definition of “sampling dairy farm visit” the words “or water or both” shall be deleted.

Amendment of Schedule

4.

In paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Milk Charges Regulations for the figures “47.00” there shall be substituted the figures “63.00”.

5.

In paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the Milk Charges Regulations the words “or of water or both” in each place where they occur shall be deleted.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 2nd November 1992.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health

5th November 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

2nd November 1992

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, further amend the Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) Regulations 1990 as amended.

The Regulations impose a revised charge for visits to dairy farms for the sole purpose of taking samples of milk by persons authorised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales for the purpose of ascertaining whether provisions of the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1989 are being complied with. The charges for dairy farm visits other than for the sole purpose of taking samples of milk remain unchanged.

The Regulations delete the references to the sampling of water as one of the purposes of a dairy farm visit, as Local Authorities are now responsible for sampling private water supplies under the Private Water Supply Regulations 1991 S.I. 1991/2790.

The charges are set out in the table below:—

Matter		Charge under 1990 Regulations before amendment by these Regulations	Charge under 1990 Regulations following amendment by these Regulations
A	Dairy farm visit other than a dairy farm visit for the sole purpose of taking samples of milk:
	(a) higher rate of charge	£92	£92
	(b) lower rate of charge	£71	£71
B1	Dairy farm visit for the sole purpose of taking samples of milk	£47	£63
B2	First follow-up visit for the sole purpose of taking such samples	£47	£63
B2	Each subsequent follow-up visit for the sole purpose of taking such samples	£47	£63