The Porcine Semen (Fees) (England) Regulations 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the payment of fees in connection with the issue of licences or approvals under the Artificial Inseminating of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964 (S.I. 1964/1172) and the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (EEC) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3161) and in connection with tests or examinations carried out for the purposes of those Regulations.

They revoke the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/390) and the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2592).

The Regulations introduce a fee (in paragraph 2 of the Schedule) to be paid in respect of tests carried out on boars under Annex B, Chapter I, paragraph 1(d) of Council Directive 90/429/EEC. These Regulations otherwise re-enact the fees payable under Schedule 2 to the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987. For clarity, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987 has been re-enacted as paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument since it is foreseen that the impact on the costs of business and the voluntary sector will be negligible.