Amendment of the Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

3.—(1) The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) for “border inspection post” substitute “border control post”;

(b) for the definition of “poultry health scheme” substitute—

““poultry health scheme” means the scheme established by the Secretary of State governing the export or movement of birds or hatching eggs to the EU, Northern Ireland or specified non-EU countries, published on 22nd July 2021(2);”.

(3) After regulation 2 insert—

“Fees payable where an activity is carried out over a period during which different fees apply

2A.   If any activity for which a fee is payable under these Regulations is carried out over a period during which different fees apply, the fee payable in relation to that activity is—

(a) where the activity is carried out as part of an application, the fee that applied on the date the application is received;

(b) otherwise, the fee that applied on the date the activity is commenced.”.

(4) In regulations 4(1)(a), (b) and (c), 5(a), 6(1), 7 and 8(1) after “column 2”, insert “or column 3”.

(5) In regulation 9, and in the heading to that regulation, for “border inspection posts” substitute “border control posts”.

(6) In Schedule 1—

(a) in Table 1—

(i) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72
41
68
95
18 per sample tested (time fee does not apply)”;

(ii) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 72
49
83
117
21 per sample tested (time fee does not apply)”.

(b) in Table 2—

(i) in Column 1 in the second row—

(aa) for “and” substitute “for”;

(bb) omit the words from “based upon” to the end;

(ii) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
86
688 per visit
44 per test”;

(iii) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1 July 2024
86
1,025 per visit
44 per test”.

(c) in Table 3—

(i) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
123
3,203
3,517”;

(ii) after Column 2 insert —

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
146
3,936
3,954”.

(7) In Schedule 2—

(a) in Table 1—

(i) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
82 (time fee does not apply)
49
62
35
61 (time fee does not apply)
34 (time fee does not apply)”;

(ii) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
108 (time fee does not apply)
71
67
39
67 (time fee does not apply)
39 (time fee does not apply)”;

(b) in Table 2, for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023
86
158 per test
310 per test
310 per test
280 per test
310 per test”.

(8) In the Table in Schedule 3—

(a) in Column 1—

(i) in the fourth row for “an EC collection centre” substitute “a licensed collection centre”;

(ii) in the fifth row for “an EC quarantine centre” substitute “a licensed quarantine centre”;

(iii) in the sixth row—

(aa) for “an EC” substitute “a licensed collection centre”;

(bb) for “or EC” substitute “or a licensed storage centre”;

(iv) in the eighth row for “for domestic or EC use” substitute “for domestic use or for use for trade with a member State”.

(b) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
27
35
39
37
23
31”;

(c) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
33
44
48
46
28
38”.

(9) In Schedule 4, in the Table—

(a) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
42 per boar
31 per boar
37
34
23”;

(b) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
53 per boar
38 per boar
46
42
28”.

(10) In Schedule 5, in the Table—

(a) in the third row of Column 1—

(i) after the words “a bovine embryo transfer team” insert “under regulation 4 of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(ii) omit “a store under regulation 13 of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(iii) after the words “(with or without an inspection of a laboratory)” insert “under regulation 6 or 7 of the 1995 Regulations;”;

(b) for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
38
13
34
23
6 for each additional team and laboratory or store”;

(c) after Column 2 insert—

“Column 3 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 132
47
16
42
28
7 for each additional team and laboratory or store”.

(11) In Schedule 6—

(a) in the heading to that Schedule and in the heading to Table 1, for “border inspection posts” substitute “border control posts”;

(b) for Table 1 substitute—

“Column 1 Inspection of type of animal and checking documents	Column 2 Fees (£) per consignment on or after 1st July 2023
Poultry and small game birds	53
Poultry – eggs	53
Ratites	53
Captive birds	61
Live fish, aquatic animals and amphibians	48
Bees	40
Rabbits and rodents	44
Other insects and invertebrates	40
Reptiles	48
Pets unaccompanied by a declaration	63
Equidae	79
Farmed livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, pigs and wild boar	190
Animals not covered by any other category	50
Documentary checks for onward travel	79”;

(c) in Table 2, for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023
261 per load
346 per load
16 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 96”;

(d) in Table 3, for Column 2 substitute—

“Column 2 Fee per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent on or after 1st July 2023
21
28
14
16, up to a maximum of 96”.

(1)

S.I. 2018/664, amended by S.I. 2019/740.

(2)

A copy of the poultry health scheme handbook is accessible online at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1012365/phs-handbook.pdf. A hard copy of the poultry health scheme hand book can be obtained by writing to the Animal and Plant Health Agency, Poultry Health Scheme Team, Customer Service Centre – One Health, Level 1 County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP or emailing [e-mail].