Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 2920

The Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 2920

AGRICULTURE
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES

The Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 10(1) and (3)(c) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984^[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 10(3)(c) of the said Act of 1984, hereby make the following Regulations:-

Title, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 21st December 1993.

    (2)  In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer Regulations 1993^[2].

Payment of fees
    2.—(1)  An applicant for any approval under the principal Regulations shall, at the time the application is made, pay to the appropriate Minister the fee specified for that application in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    (2)  The holder of an approval under the principal Regulations shall pay the fee specified in paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of the Schedule to these Regulations when an examination specified there is carried out.

Exceptions
    3.    No fee shall be payable under paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Regulations if the premises are already licensed under regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985^[3] or regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985^[4].

Reduction of fees
    4.—(1)  Where an application requires the inspection of premises, and one applicant has applied for the inspection of more than one set of premises to be inspected at the same time which are within a radius of 5 miles of one another, the fee for the second and subsequent premises shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.

    (2)  Where there is a fee payable under paragraph 6(1)(a), 6(2), 7 or 8(2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, and the examination for which the fee is payable is carried out at the same time as an examination for which a fee is payable under the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987^[5], then the fee payable under these Regulations shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.

Refund of fees
    5.    If an application is withdrawn before it is determined, the appropriate Minister shall refund to the applicant the fee paid less a deduction of the costs already incurred in processing the application.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
22nd November 1993.


Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food


Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office

17th November 1993

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

19th November 1993

Timothy Wood

Andrew Mackay

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

18th November 1993

[1] 1984 c. 40; the "appropriate Minister" referred to in section 10 is defined in section 10(8). back

[2] S.I. 1993/. back

[3] S.I. 1985/1861 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back

[4] S.I. 1985/1857 (S.138) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. back

[5] S.I. 1987/390; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/2592. back

Explanatory Note