http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/751/madeThe Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012Regulation and deregulationenKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-07-19FEES AND CHARGESThese Regulations amend the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), which prescribe the fees to be charged in relation to certain services provided by the Secretary of State with regards to measuring instruments.Statutory Instruments2012 No. 751Fees And ChargesThe Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012Made7th March 2012Laid before Parliament9th March 2012Coming into force6th April 2012

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973

1973 c.51.

, makes the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 6th April 2012.

Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 20042.

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/1300, amended by S.I. 2006/604, S.I. 2006/2679, S.I. 2008/732 and S.I. 2010/728.

are amended as follows.

3.

In Schedule 1 (calculation of variable fee)—

(a)

for paragraph (aa) substitute—(aa)

an amount for the time spent in providing the service on work of a specified type, calculated in accordance with the following table—

Table 1

Regulations relating to the relevant service

Specified type of work

Amount per hour

Regulations 4, 5, 7, 8 and 8B(1)(a) and (b)

Equipment testing

£85

Type examination

£105

Administration

£55

Certification decision

£130

; and

(b)

in paragraph (b) omit “with the exception of any service taking place within Great Britain to which regulation 8A or 8B(1)(c) relates,”.

Consequential revocations4.

The following regulations are revoked—

(a)

regulation 2 of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

S.I. 2008/732.

; and

(b)

regulation 2(6)(b)(i) of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

S.I. 2010/728.

.

David WillettsMinister of State for Science and InnovationDepartment for Business, Innovation and Skills6th March 2012

We consent

Michael FabricantJeremy WrightTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury7th March 2012EXPLANATORY NOTE(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), which prescribe the fees to be charged in relation to certain services provided by the Secretary of State with regards to measuring instruments.

The 2004 Regulations provide for the fees payable to the Secretary of State to be made up of a number of components, one of which is a “variable fee” calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 to those Regulations. One of the components of the variable fee is an hourly rate. Different hourly rates are prescribed depending on the work done and the seniority of the staff involved. These Regulations increase the hourly rates for specified types of work by £5.

The 2004 Regulations were amended by the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/728) which resulted in the removal of the permission to charge customers for travel costs in Great Britain relating to the approval of a manufacturer’s quality system and the carrying out of EC surveillance. These Regulations reverse the effect of the 2010 Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has a negligible effect on business.