PART II Registration Fee

11.  The Scottish Ministers shall–

(a) determine the registration fee on the basis of available information as to the cost attributable to each application of the items listed in paragraph 13; and

(b) publish the current registration fee on the website of the Scottish Executive(29).

12.  The registration fee shall be payable to the Scottish Ministers in respect of each establishment for which an application is made and shall be non refundable.

13.  The items referred to in paragraph 11(a) are–

(a) the salaries and fees, together with overtime payments and employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions, of–

(i) any person involved directly in processing applications for membership of the scheme;

(ii) any person engaged in managing the processing of such applications; and

(iii) any veterinary inspector who is a member of the State Veterinary Service who carries out an inspection at an applicant establishment;

(b) recruiting and training the staff referred to in sub paragraph (a);

(c) travel and related incidental expenses incurred in processing applications for membership of the scheme (including inspecting establishments), except where incurred by a person attending his normal place of work;

(d) office accommodation, equipment and services for the staff referred to in sub paragraph (a), including depreciation of office furniture and equipment and the cost of information technology and stationery;

(e) provision of protective clothing and equipment used in inspecting establishments, and laundering, cleansing or disinfecting that protective clothing;

(f) provision of payroll and personnel services in connection with the employment of the staff referred to in sub paragraph (a); and

(g) any other incidental expenses incurred in connection with the processing of applications for membership of the scheme.

PART III Annual Membership Fee

14.  There shall be two rates for the annual membership fee; a higher rate which includes the cost of an annual inspection by a veterinary inspector who is a member of the State Veterinary Service, and a lower rate which does not include the cost of such an inspection.

15.  The lower rate shall be payable–

(a) the first time the annual membership fee is paid (the cost of the first annual inspection having been included in the registration fee); and

(b) in subsequent years where the operator of the establishment has elected for the inspection to be carried out by a veterinary inspector who is not a member of the State Veterinary Service (in which case the cost of the inspection is payable directly to the veterinary inspector by the operator).

16.  The Scottish Ministers shall–

(a) determine the two rates of the annual membership fee on the basis of available information as to the cost attributable to each establishment of the items listed in paragraph 18; and

(b) publish the current rates of the annual membership fee on the website of the Scottish Executive.

17.  The annual membership fee shall be payable to the Scottish Ministers in respect of each establishment and shall be non refundable.

18.  The items referred to in paragraph 16(a) are–

(a) salaries and fees, together with overtime payments and employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions, of–

(i) any person directly involved in the administration of the scheme (including corresponding with and responding to queries from members, producing guidance, and arranging inspections of establishments);

(ii) any person engaged in managing the administration of the scheme; and

(iii) any veterinary inspector who is a member of the State Veterinary Service who carries out the annual inspection of an establishment or additional inspections;

(b) recruiting and training the staff referred to in sub paragraph (a);

(c) travel and related incidental expenses incurred in the administration of the scheme (including inspections of establishments), except where incurred by a person attending his normal place of work;

(d) office accommodation, equipment and services for staff referred to in sub paragraph (a), including depreciation of office furniture and equipment and the cost of information technology and stationery;

(e) provision of protective clothing and equipment, where applicable, used in carrying out inspections of establishments, and laundering, cleansing or disinfecting such protective clothing;

(f) provision of payroll and personnel services in connection with the employment of staff referred to in sub paragraph (a); and

(g) any other incidental expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the scheme.

19.  The items listed in paragraph 18 shall not include any expense which relates to the administration of, travel to and from, and attendance at the inspections insofar as that expense is recoverable under paragraph 9 of Part I of this Schedule.

PART IV Re-Inspection Fee

20.  The re inspection fee provided for under paragraph 9 of Part I of this Schedule shall be composed of–

(a) a charge for the veterinary inspector’s time spent at the establishment carrying out the re inspection, the rate for which charge shall be £45 per hour or part thereof; and

(b) a charge for mileage, that is for each mile travelled by the veterinary inspector between his ordinary place of work and the establishment in order to carry out the re inspection, the rate of which charge shall be 33 pence per mile.

21.  The Scottish Ministers may, using such criteria as they consider appropriate in all these circumstances, reduce the charge for mileage under paragraph 20(b) in respect of any particular re inspection in order to avoid an over recovery of mileage costs incurred for a journey in the course of which other official activity is undertaken in addition to that re inspection.