Food Irradiation Provisions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Amendments to the Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

11.  In Schedule 1, in Part VI (charges)—

(a) for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following—

“1.   For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) the amount of the application consideration charge is £5,000 plus—

(i) if more than one description of food is specified by virtue of paragraph 1(e) of Part I, a sum (fixed at the discretion of the licensing authority) no greater than £1,500 × A where A is one less than the number of descriptions of food so specified; and

(ii) if the application (however many descriptions of food the application relates to) falls within paragraph 3(3) of Part I, a sum (fixed at the discretion of the licensing authority) no greater than the sum which would otherwise have been payable in respect of the original application;

(b) the amount of the inspection charge is £750 for each inspection carried out in respect of which an inspection charge is payable;

(c) the amount of the variation agreement charge is—

(i) in the case of a variation pursuant to paragraph 1(1)(a) of Part III whereby the licence, if varied, will apply to a description of food not specified in the term of the licence inserted by virtue of paragraph 4 of Part II which specifies each description of food to which the licence applies, a sum (fixed at the discretion of the licensing authority) no greater than £1,500 × (B–C) where B is the number of descriptions of food to which the licence, if varied, will apply and C is the number of descriptions of food specified in the term; and

(ii) £500 in any other case.”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “other than a pure continuation licence, £1,800” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted “, £1,500”; and

(ii) for “£2,700” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted “£2,250”.