2. For regulation 3(1) there is substituted the following paragraph–
“(1) Any person who, pursuant to article 4.1 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 (“258/97”) of the European Parliament and of the Council, concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients, and regulation 3(1) of the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 (requests relating to novel foods or novel food ingredients and deregulation of food assessment body), submits to the Food Standards Agency, a request relating to a novel food or a novel food ingredient, shall, at the time he submits that request, pay to the Food Standards Agency, in connection with the services provided by it, acting as the food assessment body for the purposes of 258/97, the appropriate fee prescribed in regulation 4 below.”.