The Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of the Animal By-Products and Pet Passport (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018

2.—(1) The Animal By-Products and Pet Passport (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, after the definition of “EU Control Regulation” insert—

““Official Controls Regulation” (“Rheoliad Rheolaethau Swyddogol”) means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products(2);”.

(3) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “Article 45 of the EU Control Regulation” substitute “Article 20 of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(b) in paragraph (3), after “EU Control Regulation” insert “or the Official Controls Regulation”.

(4) Omit regulation 5.

(5) In the Schedule—

(a) in Table 1, for the second and third columns substitute—

“Column 2	Column 3
Fee (£) for applications received on or after 5 July 2023 but before 1 July 2024	Fee (£) for applications received on or after 1 July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132	22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
21 per invoice	21 per invoice
2,134.50	2,484
1,147	1,343
1,147	1,343
586	687
586	687
476	557
476	557”;

(b) in Table 2—

(i) in the table heading, for “Article 45 of the EU Control Regulation” substitute “Article 20 of the Official Controls Regulation”;

(ii) in the first column, for “EU Control Regulation” in each place it occurs substitute “Official Controls Regulation”;

(iii) for the second and third columns substitute—

“Column 2	Column 3
Fee (£) for inspection site visits undertaken on or after 5 July 2023 but before 1 July 2024	Fee (£) for inspection site visits undertaken on or after 1 July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132	22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
188 per visit	219 per visit
752 per year	876 per year
2,256 per year	2,628 per year”.

(1)

S.I. 2018/646 (W. 120).

(2)

EUR 2017/625 as amended by S.I. 2020/1481, S.I. 2022/621, S.I. 2022/846, S.I. 2022/1090 and S.I. 2022/1315.