10.—(1) The fees specified in this regulation and Schedule 6 are payable to the Scottish Ministers on demand where an inspection of a consignment of live animals from a third country is carried out at a border inspection post in accordance with regulation 13 (procedure on importation) of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012(1).
(2) The fees payable in respect of the inspection of a consignment of live animals of a type specified in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 6 are specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that Table.
(3) Paragraph (4) applies where the inspection is undertaken (whether in whole or in part)—
(a)during a weekend;
(b)after 1700 hours but before 0830 hours on a weekday; or
(c)during a public holiday.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, a fee of £80 is payable for every load subject to inspection in addition to any fee payable under Schedule 6.
(5) In this regulation and Schedule 6—
“border inspection post” means a port or airport approved as such by the European Commission(2);
“consignment” means a quantity of animals of the same species, covered by the same veterinary certificate or document;
“load” means one or more consignments of animals from the same country of origin that have arrived on the same means of transport and that have been presented by a person responsible for their importation for checking at the border inspection post at the same time;
“public holiday” means New Year’s Day, 2nd January, Good Friday, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August, Christmas Day and Boxing Day; and
“third country” means a country other than a member State.
S.S.I. 2012/177, as amended by S.S.I. 2012/198.
The European Commission periodically publishes lists of border inspection posts. The list of approved border inspection posts is laid down in Commission Decision 2009/821/EC (OJ L 296, 12.11.2009, p.1) as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2012/762/EU (OJ L 336, 8.12.2012, p.94) and is periodically reviewed and amendments made.