EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations set out fees payable to the Secretary of State in the field of animal health, replacing the existing fees in the Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1240). The fees are collected by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The fees in regulation 4 and Schedule 1 are payable in relation to activities required under Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (OJ No L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1) and in accordance with Salmonella National Control Programmes for poultry.
The fees in regulation 5 and Schedule 2 are payable in relation to approvals for the purpose of the poultry health scheme established under Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (OJ L No 343, 22.12.2009, p. 74) and the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1197).
The fees in regulation 6 and Schedule 3 are payable in relation to approvals for the purpose of obtaining bovine semen in accordance with the Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1319), which are amended by regulation 6(2).
The fees in regulation 7 and Schedule 4 are payable in relation to approvals for the purpose of obtaining porcine semen in accordance with the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964 (S.I. 1964/1172) and the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (EEC) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3161).
The fees in regulation 8 and Schedule 5 are payable in relation to approvals for the purpose of collection, production and transfer of bovine embryos in accordance with the Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2478).
The fees in regulation 9 and Schedule 6 are payable in relation to inspection of consignments of live animals at border inspection posts in accordance with the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011.
Regulation 10 revokes the existing fee provisions in the Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) Regulations 2013.
The fee levels provided for in this instrument represent full cost recovery of fees, and some of the fees are increased from existing fees. A detailed comparison of the existing and new fees is provided in an annex to the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum published at www.legislation.gov.uk.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.