The Porcine Semen (Fees) (England) Regulations 2007

Title, commencement, and application

1.  These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Porcine Semen (Fees) (England) Regulations 2007;

(b) come into force on 1st October 2007; and

(c) apply in England only.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“artificial insemination centre” means premises in respects of which a licence is in force under regulation 4(1) of the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964(1), or under regulation 2(2) or 2(3) of the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (EEC) Regulations 1992(2); and

the “principal pig Regulations” means the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964 and the Artificial Insemination of Pigs (EEC) Regulations 1992.

Payment of fees

3.  The fees set out in the Schedule to these Regulations must be paid by the applicant or the licensee to the Secretary of State on invoice, in connection with—

(a) the issue of licences or approvals; and

(b) tests or examinations carried out,

under the principal pig Regulations.

Refund of fees

4.  If an application under the principal pig Regulations is withdrawn before determination of the application, the Secretary of State must refund to the applicant such proportion of any fee paid under regulation 3 in respect of that application as the Secretary of State thinks fit, having regard to any reasonable costs incurred by him in connection with the application.

Revocation

5.  The following Regulations are revoked in so far as they apply in England—

(a) the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987(3); and

(b) the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992(4).

Phil Woolas

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

16th August 2007

We approve

Steve McCabe

Claire Ward

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

30th August 2007