The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) Regulations 2013

Checking consignments of live animals at border inspection posts: fees

10.—(1) The fees specified in this regulation and Schedule 7 are payable where inspections are carried out at border inspection posts of consignments of live animals from a third country in accordance with regulation 15 (procedure on importation) of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011.

(2) The fees payable in respect of the inspection of a consignment of live animals specified in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 7 are specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where the inspection of any live animal at a border inspection post is undertaken (whether in whole or in part)—

(a) during a weekend;

(b) after 17.00 hours but before 08.30 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 7).

(5) In this regulation and Schedule 7—

(a) “border inspection post” means a port or airport approved as such by the European Commission(1);

(b) “consignment” means a quantity of animals of the same species, covered by the same veterinary certificate or document;

(c) “load” means one or more consignments of animals from the same country of origin that have arrived on the same means of transport and presented by a person responsible for their importation for checking at the border inspection post at the same time;

(d) “public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(2); and

(e) “third country” means a country other than a member State.

(1)

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 No L 296, 12.11.2009, p.1) as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2012/762/EU (OJ No L 336, 8.12.2012, p.94).

(2)

1971 c.80.