EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in England, revoke the Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (England) Regulations 2007.

They make provision for the Secretary of State to charge fees for activities required under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/2006, Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005. The activities and the fees are listed in the table of fees in the Schedule.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector has been produced and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR.