Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Calculation of charges

29.—(1) The charge for carrying out a health inspection and control exercise shall be reasonable and shall be calculated in accordance with this regulation.

(2) Where the health inspection and control exercise relates to products of animal origin other than imports, the charge must cover the items listed in paragraphs 1, 3, 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 read with paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Schedule.

(3) Where the health inspection and control exercise relates to an imported product of animal origin which is not covered by paragraphs (4) to (6), the charge must cover the items specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, read with paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Schedule.

(4) Where the health inspection and control exercise relates to imported meat—

(a) which is meat covered by the provisions of—

(i) Directive 71/118, Chapter III (fresh poultry meat),

(ii) Directive 72/462 (fresh meat),

(iii) Directive 92/45, Chapter III (wild game meat), or

(iv) Directive 92/118, Chapter II of Annex I (rabbit meat and farmed game meat), and

(b) which is imported from a third country which is not covered by paragraph (6),

the charge shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 5.

(5) Where the health inspection and control exercise relates to imported fishery products—

(a) which are covered by the provisions of Chapter II of Directive 91/493, (fishery products which have to be imported through a border inspection post), other than those covered by paragraph 2 of Article 10 in that Chapter, and

(b) which are imported from a country which is not covered by paragraph (e),

the charge shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 6.

(6) Where the health inspection and control exercise relates to any product of animal origin imported from a country specified in column 1 of Schedule 7 the charge shall be calculated in accordance with column 2 of that Schedule.