The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 473

ANIMALS

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2002

Made

4th March 2002

Laid before Parliament

6th March 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 8 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Increase in fees

2.  The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2000(2) is amended as follows:

(a) in article 2(3) for the sum “£170” there is substituted “£252”;

(b) in article 2(4) for the sum “£153” there is substituted “£226”; and

(c) in article 3 for the sum “£763” there is substituted “£1,130”.

Angela Eagle

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

4th March 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which does not extend to Northern Ireland, amends the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2000 so as to increase the fees payable by the holders of certificates issued under section 6 or 7 of the 1986 Act. Article 2(a) increases, from £170 to £252, the fixed element of the fee payable for a certificate under section 6 of the 1986 Act. Article 2(b) increases, from £153 to £226, the variable element of that fee. Article 2(c) increases, from £763 to £1,130, the fee payable for a certificate issued under section 7 of the 1986 Act.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effects that this Order will have on the costs of business is available from:

Home Office

Animal Procedures Licensing Section

Room 984

50 Queen Anne’s Gate

London SW1H 9AT.

(1)

1986 c. 14; the power in section 8 was extended by S.I. 1996/3090 to enable account to be taken of past deficits.

(2)

S.I. 2000/480.