
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998.
2 
In these Regulations—
(a) “the Act” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932; and
(b) “a special licence” means a special licence granted in accordance with section 8 of the Act authorising the keeping of coypus.
3 
On the granting of a special licence there shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales, as the case may be, the following fee—
(a) in England and Wales, £185; and
(b) in Scotland, £60.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
17th November 1997Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
17th November 1997Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
17th November 1997Bob Ainsworth
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissionersof Her Majesty’s Treasury
Approved on 17th November 1997