4. After regulation 5(6) insert—
“(7) For the purposes of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1739/2005 laying down animal health requirements for the movement of circus animals between member States(1) the Welsh Ministers are the competent authority, and may charge such fee as they consider will enable them to meet the expenses incurred by them when registering a circus or animal act under Article 4 of that Regulation.
(8) Such fee must be paid by the applicant for registration and will be due after submission of the application upon the written demand of the Welsh Ministers.
(9) A demand under paragraph (8) may be addressed to the applicant concerned at his or her last known address, whether or not it is his or her address for business.
(10) No operator may contravene Article 8(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1739/2005 (obliging operators of circuses, and animal acts to which the Regulation applies, to retain for at least five years the information in their registers of animals and of venues).
(11) In paragraph (10), “operator” means a circus operator within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1739/2005, or the operator of an animal act in so far as that Regulation applies to him or her.”.
OJ No. L279, 22.10.2005, p. 47.