The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made6th December 2011

Laid before Parliament13th December 2011

Coming into force9th January 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 48(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 19901 and now vested in the Secretary of State2.

In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act the Secretary of State has had regard to advice given by the Food Standards Agency on the proposal to make the Regulations.

In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety3, the Secretary of State has consulted those whom the Secretary of State considered likely to be affected by the Regulations.

Title and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 9th January 2012.

Amendments to the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 20062

1

The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 20064 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 4(2) replace “within a reasonable time” with “within 30 days”.

3

For Schedule 1 substitute—

SCHEDULE 1Residues surveillance charges
Type of creature or animal product
Charge (£)
Bovine
0.5106}
Goat
0.0507}
Sheep
0.0507}
per carcase
Soliped
0.3536}
Swine
0.0543}
Game and wild game
1.0461}
per tonne
Poultry
0.5568}
Eggs
0.0179
per case of 360
Milk
0.0276
per 1000 litres
Fish other than trout
2.1265
per tonne of marketed product
Trout
1.6840
per tonne of fish food

Type of creature or animal product	Charge (£)
Bovine	0.5106}
Goat	0.0507}
Sheep	0.0507}	per carcase
Soliped	0.3536}
Swine	0.0543}
Game and wild game	1.0461}	per tonne
Poultry	0.5568}
Eggs	0.0179	per case of 360
Milk	0.0276	per 1000 litres
Fish other than trout	2.1265	per tonne of marketed product
Trout	1.6840	per tonne of fish food

Revocation3

Regulation 2(3) of, and the Schedule to, the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 20095 are revoked.

Jim PaiceMinister of StateDepartment for Environment Food and Rural Affairs6th December 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2285).

The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 give effect (except in relation to honey) to Article 27, as read with Annex IV, section A, of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1, as corrected by the corrigendum in OJ No L 191, 28.5.2004, p.1).

These Regulations amend regulation 4(2) to require information and evidence to be supplied to the Secretary of State for the purposes of calculating charges “within 30 days” as opposed to “within a reasonable time”.

Changes to the fees are itemised in the table below.

Type of creature or animal product and basis of charge		Previous charge	Replacement charge	Change (%)
Bovine}	per carcase	0.5106	0.5106	0
Goat}		0.0588	0.0507	-14
Sheep}		0.0588	0.0507	-14
Soliped}		0.3536	0.3536	0
Swine}		0.0558	0.0543	-3
Game and wild game}	per tonne	1.0461	1.0461	0
Poultry}	per tonne	0.6701	0.5568	-17
Eggs	per case of 360	0.0221	0.0179	-19
Milk	per 1000 litres	0.0287	0.0276	-4
Fish other than trout	per tonne of marketed product	2.1484	2.1265	-1
Trout	per tonne of fish food	1.8179	1.6840	-7

This instrument contains a consequential revocation.

An impact assessment of the effect of this instrument on the costs of business has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies are available from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS.