1993 No. 2920
The Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 10(1) and (3)(c) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 19841, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 10(3)(c) of the said Act of 1984, hereby make the following Regulations:–
Title, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 21st December 1993.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer Regulations 19932.
Payment of fees2
1
An applicant for any approval under the principal Regulations shall, at the time the application is made, pay to the appropriate Minister the fee specified for that application in the Schedule to these Regulations.
2
The holder of an approval under the principal Regulations shall pay the fee specified in paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of the Schedule to these Regulations when an examination specified there is carried out.
Exceptions3
No fee shall be payable under paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Regulations if the premises are already licensed under regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 19853 or regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 19854.
Reduction of fees4
1
Where an application requires the inspection of premises, and one applicant has applied for the inspection of more than one set of premises to be inspected at the same time which are within a radius of 5 miles of one another, the fee for the second and subsequent premises shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.
2
Where there is a fee payable under paragraph 6(1)(a), 6(2), 7 or 8(2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, and the examination for which the fee is payable is carried out at the same time as an examination for which a fee is payable under the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 19875, then the fee payable under these Regulations shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.
Refund of fees5
If an application is withdrawn before it is determined, the appropriate Minister shall refund to the applicant the fee paid less a deduction of the costs already incurred in processing the application.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 22nd November 1993.
SCHEDULE
Fee | |
Approval as an embryo collection team or jointly as an embryo collection team and embryo transfer team | £ |
| |
| 163 |
| 30 |
| 120 |
| 120 |
| 30 |
| 135 |
| 30 |
| 120 |
| 69 |
| 89 |
| 15 |
| 69 |
| 89 |
| 15 |
| 69 |
| 135 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)