The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2013

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2012/3050 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 509

Animals

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2013

Made

6th March 2013

Laid before Parliament

8th March 2013

Coming into force

1st April 2013

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986(2), makes the following Order:

Interpretation, citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2013, and shall come into force on 1st April 2013.

(2) In this Order the “1986 Act” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

(3) This Order extends to England, Wales and Scotland.

Fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

2.—(1) The fee payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C (Licensing of undertakings)(3) of the 1986 Act which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving the activity mentioned in section 2B(2)(a) of the 1986 Act (applying of regulated procedures to protected animals)(4) shall be determined as follows.

(2) In respect of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year, there shall be a fixed and a variable element of the fee.

(3) The fixed element for such a licence which is in force for the whole or any part of that period is £252.

(4) The variable element is £226 for each person who during the whole or any part of that period holds a personal licence which specifies the establishment of the section 2C licence holder to which the licence relates as the place where the personal licence is primarily available.

(5) The fee payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C (Licensing of undertakings) of the 1986 Act which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving the activity mentioned in section 2B(2)(b) of the 1986 Act (breeding of protected animals) or 2B(2)(c) (keeping of protected animals)(5) of the 1986 Act in respect of the whole or any part of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year is prescribed as £1,130.

Revocations

3.  The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2012(6) is revoked.

Taylor of Holbeach

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

6th March 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to England, Wales and Scotland, prescribes the fees payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 which was inserted by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012, which transposed Directive 2010/63. This Order does not increase the fees, but reflects the amended terminology in the enabling Act.

This Order revokes the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Fees) Order 2012, which was reported by the Joint Committee for Statutory Instruments for doubtful vires.

(1)

Section 8 was amended by regulation 26(3) of S.I. 2012/3039.

(2)

1986 c.14.

(3)

Section 2C is inserted by regulation 6 of S.I. 2012/3039.

(4)

Section 2B(2)(a) is inserted by regulation 6 of S.I.2012/3039.

(5)

Section 2B(2)(b)&(c) is inserted by regulation 6 of S.I. 2012/3039.

(6)

S.I. 2012/3050.