The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 375

Animals

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2018

Made

14th March 2018

Laid before Parliament

15th March 2018

Coming into force

6th April 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986(1).

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2018 and comes into force on 6th April 2018.

(2) In this Order the “1986 Act” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

Additional fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for the period of twelve months beginning with 6th April 2018

2.—(1) In addition to the fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2015(2), in respect of the period of twelve months beginning with 6th April 2018 the holder of a licence issued under section 2C of the 1986 Act (licensing of undertakings)(3) which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving any of the activities mentioned in section 2B(2) of the 1986 Act (prohibition of unlicensed undertakings)(4) must pay an additional fee which is to be determined as follows.

(2) The additional fee is to have a fixed and a variable element.

(3) The fixed element of the additional fee for such a licence which is in force for the whole or any part of that period is £126.

(4) The variable element of the additional fee is £15 for each person who during the whole or any part of that period holds a personal licence which specifies the establishment of the section 2C licence holder to which the licence relates as the place where the personal licence is primarily available.

(5) If any person holds a licence under section 2C only during the period beginning with 1st April 2019 and ending with 5th April 2019 the only fee payable is a fee, determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) as if it were an additional fee.

Fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 from 6th April 2019

3.—(1) The fee payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C of the 1986 Act which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving any of the activities mentioned in section 2B(2) of the 1986 Act is to be determined as follows.

(2) In respect of the period of twelve months beginning with 6th April 2019 and in respect of subsequent twelve month periods, there is to be a fixed and a variable element of the fee.

(3) The fixed element for such a licence which is in force for the whole or any part of that period is £757.

(4) The variable element is £257 for each person who during the whole or any part of that period holds a personal licence which specifies the establishment of the section 2C licence holder to which the licence relates as the place where the personal licence is primarily available.

Revocation

4.  The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2015 is revoked.

Williams of Trafford

Minister of State

Home Office

14th March 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to England and Wales and Scotland, prescribes the fees payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

This Order provides for an additional fee, payable in addition to the fee payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2015, to be paid by licence holders for the period of twelve months beginning with 6th April 2018. The effect of the additional fee, when added to the amount payable under the 2015 Order, is that the total fixed element of the fee for the year from April 2018 to April 2019 is increased from £631 to £757 and the total variable element (which is payable in respect of persons holding personal licenses operating at the license holder’s establishment) from £242 to £257.

If any person holds a licence under section 2C only during the period beginning with 1st April 2019 and ending with 5th April 2019 the only fee payable is a fee, determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of article 2 as if it were an additional fee.

The Order also provides that this overall increased fee will be payable in respect of periods of twelve months beginning with 6th April 2019.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the public sector is available from www.legislation.gov.uk; there is no impact on the voluntary sector.

(1)

1986 c. 14.

(2)

S.I. 2015/244.

(3)

Section 2C was inserted by S.I. 2012/3039.

(4)

Section 2B was inserted by S.I. 2012/3039.