The Meat (Official Controls Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

The standard charge

4.  The standard charge for any accounting period payable by the operator of a game-handling establishment in respect of wild game dressed there during that period shall be calculated—

(a) until the end of 2008, by multiplying the rate specified in the following Table applicable to a given type of animal that is categorised as wild game by the number of animals of that type dressed there in the period; and

(b) for 2009—

(i) in the same manner, or

(ii) by multiplying the rate in Euros specified in Chapter III of Section B of Annex IV to Regulation 882/2004 applicable to a given type of animal that is categorised as wild game and is specified in the following Table by the number of animals of that type dressed there in the period and converting the resulting sum into Sterling by multiplying it by the Euro/Sterling conversion rate published in the C Series of the Official Journal of the European Union on 1^st September 2008 or, if no rate is published in that document on that date, the first rate published in it thereafter,

whichever results in the higher charge.

Type of animal				Rate per type of animal in Pounds Sterling
Bovine animals
–aged less than 8 months at slaughter				1.9084
–aged 8 months or more at slaughter				3.4350
Solipeds and equidae				3.3587
Pigs
–carcase weight less than 25 kg				0.3817
–carcase weight equal to or greater than 25 kg				0.9924
Sheep and goats
–carcase weight less than 12 kg				0.1336
–carcase weight between 12 and 18 kg inclusive				0.2672
–carcase weight greater than 18 kg				0.3817
Poultry
–Duck and geese
		–	weighing less than 2 kg	0.0077
		–	weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)	0.0153
		–	adult and weighing at least 5 kg	0.0305
–Turkeys
		–	any weight (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)	0.0169
		–	adult and weighing at least 5 kg	0.0305
–Poultry of a type not listed above
	–		all broilers; all cast hens; other poultry weighing less than 2 kg	0.0077
	–		poultry (not being broilers or cast hens) weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)	0.0153
	–		poultry (not being broilers or cast hens) being adult and weighing at least 5 kg	0.0305
Farmed rabbits
–weighing less than 2 kg				0.0077
–weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)				0.0153
–adult and weighing at least 5 kg				0.0305
Small game birds
–weighing less than 2 kg				0.0077
–weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)				0.0153
–adult and weighing at least 5 kg				0.0305
Small ground game
–weighing less than 2 kg				0.0077
–weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)				0.0153
–adult and weighing at least 5 kg				0.0305
Ratites				0.9924
Land mammals of a type not mentioned above
–boars				1.0136
–ruminants of carcase weight no more than 18 kg				0.3379
–ruminants of carcase weight greater than 18 kg				0.3817