The Medicines (Fees Relating to Medicinal Products for Animal Use) Regulations 1991

Late payment of annual fees

16.—(1) Where an annual fee has not been paid by the holder or former holder of the licence by the end of the period of one month from the due date, a further fee, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs, shall be payable.

(2) The further fee referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be an amount equivalent to 5 per cent. of the annual fee payable, in respect of every full calendar month during which the annual fee is not paid, rounded up to the nearest £10. Where the annual fee payable is less than £10, no such fee shall be payable.

(3) Where the holder or former holder of a licence has not furnished evidence of his annual turnover in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 4 so that the annual fee payable in respect of a licence year cannot be determined before the due date, he may make a payment of an amount on account of the annual fee payable by him (in this regulation referred to as a “payment on account”).

(4) Where the holder or former holder of a licence has made a payment on account in the circumstances mentioned in the preceding paragraph the further fee payable by him shall be calculated as if, in paragraph (2) above, the reference to the annual fee payable were to the difference between the payment on account and the amount of the annual fee as subsequently determined.

(5) In this regulation—

(a) “due date” means the date upon which an annual fee became payable following written notice from the licensing authority;

(b) references to a period calculated from a day are references to the period inclusive of that day.