The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

PART III Charges in Relation to Captive Birds in Quarantine

Charges for taking samples and official veterinary supervision

1.—(1) The Scottish Ministers shall make a charge at the veterinary inspector rate for time spent by a veterinary inspector at a quarantine centre or quarantine facility–

(a) carrying out official veterinary supervision; and

(b) taking samples required under Article 4 of the Decision or in connection with reaching a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci as referred to in Article 5 of the Decision.

(2) Official veterinary supervision means the functions of the official veterinarian described in the Decision, including–

(a) checking that the conditions under which the consignment is placed and in which it remains in quarantine are in accordance with the Decision and the specific requirements in Part II of this Schedule;

(b) inspection of records (whether or not they relate to the consignment concerned);

(c) clinical examination of any captive bird within the quarantine facility or within the quarantine unit at the quarantine centre at which the consignment concerned is placed or remains in quarantine;

(d) any investigation into avian mortality or morbidity in the consignment concerned which the veterinary inspector reasonably considers appropriate in all the circumstances, including such further checks, inspections and clinical examinations in relation to other consignments at the quarantine centre or quarantine facility as the veterinary inspector considers may assist in his investigation.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may make a charge at no more than the veterinary inspector rate determined for purposes of this paragraph for time spent by a veterinary inspector travelling to or from premises for purposes of official veterinary supervision and taking samples.

Charges for testing and analysis of samples (including post mortem tissue removal)

2.—(1) The official laboratory shall make the charges set out in sub paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) Charges for post mortem tissue removal for purposes of testing–

(a) per batch of four or five birds: £47.30;

(b) per batch of three birds: £44.40;

(c) per batch of two birds: £29.60;

(d) per single bird: £14.80.

(3) Charges for single virus culture (that is, avian virus isolation in SPF eggs via allantoic cavity for avian influenza virus, Newcastle Disease virus and avian paramyxovirus) in one pool of up to five birds–

(a) of cloacal swab or faeces sample: £53.60;

(b) of tissue samples from post mortem examination: £107.20.

(4) Charges for serology of sentinel birds (Newcastle Disease (PMV 1), Influenza (H5) and Influenza (H7))–

• per set of 3 tests for each sentinel bird: £15.00.

(5) Charges for testing for Chlamydophila Polymerase Chain Reaction–

• per sample tested: £30.00.