Medicines (Products for Animal Use—Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Products of Animal Use—Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 15th December 2001.

(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Medicines (Products for Animal Use—Fees) Regulations 1998(1).

Amendment of fees specified in the principal Regulations

2.—(1) In respect of each provision of the principal Regulations specified in the entries in column (1) (the subject matter of which is described in column (2)) of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations, where a fee is specified opposite that provision in column (3) there shall be substituted the fee specified opposite that provision in column (4).

(2) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part IV of the principal Regulations shall be replaced with the provisions of Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(3) In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations—

(a) in Part II, paragraph 1 (calculation of annual fees) there shall be substituted the figure “£275” for the figure “£269”, the figure “£19,600” for the figure “£18,956”, and the figure “0.46%” for the figure “0.451%.”;

(b) in Part II, paragraph 2 (calculation of annual fees) there shall be substituted the figure “0.7%” for the figure “0.677%”; and

(c) in Part III (calculation of annual fee—emergency vaccines) there shall be substituted the figure “0.7%” for the figure “0.677%”.

Transitional provisions

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, these Regulations shall not apply in respect of any application made before the date these Regulations come into force.

(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to any fee payable in respect of any inspection made after these Regulations come into force in connection with any application made before they come into force.

(3) Where, in connection with an application to renew a marketing authorisation, licence or certificate made before these Regulations come into force, the authorisation, licence or certificate is due to expire on or after the date these Regulations come into force, regulation 17(4) and (5) of the principal Regulations shall apply to that application on the basis that the fee payable for the application following the coming into force of these Regulations is the appropriate fee payable.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall have effect in relation to an annual fee relating to a calendar year earlier than 2000.

Whitty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

22 November 2002

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

16 November 2001

Bairbre De Brún

Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

21 November 2001

Brid Rodgers

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

19 November 2001

We consent

Nick Ainger

Tony McNulty

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19 November 2001