Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
MEDICINES
Made
31st March 2005
Coming into operation
1st April 2005
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, having carried out any consultation required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medicated Feedingstuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2005.
2. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
3.—(1) The Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998(5) are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) For Schedule 1 (Fees) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 31st March 2005.
L.S.
Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Regulation 3(2)
Regulation 35(1)
| Application | Fee | Previous fee |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Grant or renewal of an approval of premises to manufacture an authorised intermediate product | 368 | 350 |
| Grant or renewal of an approval of premises to manufacture medicated feedingstuffs incorporating medicated pre-mixes at any concentration | 368 | 350 |
| Grant or renewal of an approval of premises to manufacture medicated feedingstuffs incorporating medicated pre-mixes at a concentration of 2 kg per tonne or more only | 271 | 258 |
| Grant or renewal of an approval of premises to manufacture medicated feedingstuffs incorporating medicated pre-mixes at a concentration of 2 kg per tonne or more for the manufacturer’s own use | 111 | 106 |
Where more than one of the above activities is carried on at one premises, only one fee is payable, which shall be higher (or, as the case may be, the highest) fee payable for any one of those activities.
| Application | Fee | Previous fee |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Grant or renewal of approval of distributors | 59 | 56” |
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Medicated Feedingstuffs Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) in relation to Northern Ireland. The 1998 Regulations (as amended) continue to implement Council Directive 90/167/EEC (O.J. No. L92, 7.4.90, p. 42) laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community.
They provide (at regulation 3 and the Schedule) for new fees payable for applications in respect of the approval, or renewal of approval, of –
premises manufacturing authorised intermediate products;
premises manufacturing medicated feedingstuffs incorporating medicated pre-mixes; and
distributors of medicated feedingstuffs.
The previous fees are shown in the Schedule for comparison purposes.
O.J. No. L31, 1.2.2002, p. 1 (laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety)
S.I. 1998/1046; relevant amendments are S.I. 2000/1686, S.R. 2002 No. 161 and S.R. 2004 No. 154