The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 2765

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The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made

30th October 1996

Laid before Parliament

11th November 1996

Coming into force

2nd December 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1), 4(1) and 19(1)(1) of the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1996.

2.  In Part I of the Schedule to the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Regulations 1985(3), for the amount “£365” there shall be substituted the amount “£405”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Bowis

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

30th October 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations change the daily fee charged under the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Regulations 1985, as amended by the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1987, 1992, and 1995, for the use of approved test chambers in connection with the testing of refrigerated goods vehicles, railways wagons and containers carrying perishable foodstuffs on international journeys. The other fees for testing, and for type approval and examination remain the same.

The fees for testing are as follows:

TESTING

		OLD FEE	NEW FEE
1.	Fee for the testing of a unit of transport equipment	£150	£150
2.	Fee for the use of the facilities of a designated station for each day, or part of the day, in which such facilities are used for the purpose of the testing of a unit of transport equipment	£365	£405
3.	Fee for the certification of a unit of transport equipment which has been tested	£50	£50

(1)

See definition of “prescribed”.

(2)

1976 c. 58; the Act is amended by section 9 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the International Transport Conventions Act 1983 (c. 14) and by S.I. 1983/1123.

(3)

S.I. 1985/1071, relevant amendment S.I. 1992/2682.