The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1992

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Schedule 1 FEES FOR DESIGNATION OF APPROVED BODIES

1.  Where regulation 9(1) of the principal Regulations applies (designation of approved bodies) the fees are as follows—

(a) a fixed fee of £180.00 to cover the costs of considering each application for designation; and

(b) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of any part of the consideration of such an application taking place at a place other than the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry; and

(c) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of employing the assistance of a third party in the consideration of any such application;

and the total shall be due and payable, as indicated in paragraph 2 below.

2.  On completion of the consideration of the application for designation, the Secretary of State shall serve an invoice on the applicant for the amount of the fees, together with notification that the consideration of the application for designation has been completed, and the amount shall immediately be due and payable to the Secretary of State.

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Schedule 2 FEES RELATING TO THE GRANT OF AN EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

1.—(1) Where regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations applies (application for the grant of an EC type-approval certificate), the fees shall be the aggregate of any one or more of the following—

(a) the amount in respect of any time calculated to the nearest quarter of an hour (a period of 7½minutes being rounded up to a quarter of an hour) taken by examination staff conducting the examination at the rate of £36.50 per hour and by equipment test unit staff in testing the type at the rate of £55.00 per hour (including any time spent in travelling);

(b) the amount in respect of any time during which the type is:—

(i) tested in an environmental testing chamber, at the rate of £5.00 per hour;

(ii) tested in a load cell testing facility, at the rate of £90.00 per hour;

(iii) tested for electromagnetic compatibility, at the rate of £45.00 per hour;

(c) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of any part of the examination or testing taking place at a place other than the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry;

(d) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of employing the assistance of a third party in the examination or testing;

and shall be due and payable as indicated in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the amounts referred to in sub-paragraphs (1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall be due and payable upon the service on the applicant of an invoice from the Secretary of State quarterly in arrears.

(3) On completion of the examination and testing, the Secretary of State shall serve an invoice on the applicant for the final amount of the fees, together with a notification of such completion, and the final amount shall immediately, and before notification of the result, be due and payable to the Secretary of State.

2.—(1) Where paragraphs (4) or (9) of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations apply (application for the extension of an EC type-approval certificate or for the approval of modifications or additions to an approval type) the fees shall be an amount calculated as indicated in paragraph 1(1) above and shall be due and payable as indicated in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) The Secretary of State shall, on receipt of an application under sub-paragraph (1) above, estimate to the nearest hour (a period of 30 minutes being rounded up to one hour) the time to be taken in conducting the examination and testing the approved type and thereby estimate the amount to be payable, calculated in accordance with paragraph 1(1) above, and shall serve an invoice on the applicant for the amount so estimated, which amount, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, shall immediately be due and payable to the Secretary of State.

(3) On completion of the examination and testing, the Secretary of State shall—

(a) serve a further invoice on the applicant for the final amount of the fees, together with a notification of such completion, and the final amount, after deducting the amount received under sub-paragraph (2) above, shall immediately, and before notification of the result, be due and payable to the Secretary of State; or

(b) if the amount received under sub-paragraph (2) above exceeds the final amount, repay the balance to the applicant.

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SCHEDULE 3 FEES FOR EC UNIT VERIFICATION

1.—(1) Where regulation 12 of the principal Regulations applies (application for EC unit verification), the fees shall be the aggregate of any one or more of the following—

(a) the amount in respect of any time calculated to the nearest quarter of an hour (a period of 7½minutes being rounded up to a quarter of an hour) taken by examination staff conducting the examination at the rate of £36.50 per hour and by equipment test unit staff in testing the instrument at the rate of £55.00 per hour (including any time spent in travelling);

(b) the amount in respect of any time during which the instrument is:—

(i) tested in an environmental testing chamber, at the rate of £5.00 per hour;

(ii) tested in a load cell testing facility, at the rate of £90.00 per hour;

(iii) tested for electromagnetic compatibility, at the rate of £45.00 per hour;

(c) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of any part of the examination or testing taking place at a place other than the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry;

(d) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of employing the assistance of a third party in the consideration of the application for EC unit verification;

and shall be due and payable as indicated in sub-paragraph (2) and (3) below.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall be due and payable upon the service on the applicant of an invoice from the Secretary of State.

(3) On completion of the appropriate examinations and tests the Secretary of State shall, together with a notification of such completion, serve an invoice on the applicant for the amount of the fees and the amount shall immediately, and before notification of the result, be due and payable to the Secretary of State.