General landings charge
10.—(1) The first sale in England 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 he charges the purchaser 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 of 1 Euro per tonne for the first 50 tonnes of relevant 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 Euros, the general landings charge in respect of that consignment shall not exceed that amount.
(5) The vendor shall pay the general landings charge to the relevant food authority.