The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations give effect to Article 27, as read with Annex IV Section A of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare controls. The Charges detailed in these Regulations relate to activities required by Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products as implemented by the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 237).

The Regulations—

(a) require fees to be paid for the surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances, carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (regulation 3(1));

(b) lay down provisions relating to the liability for and recovery of fees (regulation 3 (3));

(c) enable the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to require information and supporting evidence to be supplied to it for the purposes of calculating fees (regulation 4(1));

(d) create offences of failing to comply with a demand to supply information and supplying false or misleading information (regulation 4 (2) and (3)); and

(e) revoke the Meat (Examinations for Residues) (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (regulation 5).