2012 No. 176
Animals
Agriculture

The Poultry Health Scheme (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19731 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations—

(a)

may be cited as the Poultry Health Scheme (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2012;

(b)

come into force on 1st July 2012; and

(c)

extend to Scotland only.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the poultry health scheme” means the scheme for approval of establishments for the purposes of Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs2.

Fees relating to the poultry health scheme2.

The fee payable in respect of a matter under the poultry health scheme specified in an entry in column 1 of the following Table, is specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table.

Column 1

Matter

Column 2

Fee(£)

Initial membership approval fee per flock or hatchery or combined flock and hatchery

60

Annual membership renewal fee per flock or hatchery

62

Annual membership renewal fee per combined flock and hatchery

70

Annual inspection carried out by an officer of the Scottish Ministers per flock or hatchery

97

Annual inspection carried out by an officer of the Scottish Ministers per combined flock and hatchery

143

Processing an application for approval of a laboratory that conducts diagnostic tests

13

Processing annual registration documentation for a laboratory that conducts diagnostic tests

31

Proficiency test of an approved laboratory in respect of salmonella bacteriology (pullorum, gallinarum, arizonae)

131

Proficiency test of an approved laboratory in respect of salmonella serology (pullorum, gallinarum)

336

Proficiency test of an approved laboratory in respect of mycoplasma chicken serology (gallisepticum)

336

Proficiency test of an approved laboratory in respect of mycoplasma culture (gallisepticum and meleagridis)

281

Proficiency test of an approved laboratory in respect of mycoplasma turkey serology (gallisepticum and meleagridis)

336

Payment3.

Fees are payable to the Scottish Ministers on demand.

RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set the fees for approvals for the purposes of the poultry health scheme established under Council Directive 2009/158/EC , which is partially transposed by the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012, Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 3.

A business and regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no new impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.