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This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2012.
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(1) In this Order—
 “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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(1) The Schedule shall have effect.
(2) The fees specified in column (2) of the table in Part II of the Schedule shall be paid to the Department by the person specified in column (3) in respect of the activities specified in column (1) and shall be paid within 14 days of demand.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 21st December 2011
C. McMaster
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 21st December 2011
Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE
Article 3
PART I
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(1) The Department shall charge a registration fee based on the cost of inspection by a Departmental veterinary inspector and associated administrative costs.
(2) The registration fee shall be payable to the Department in respect of each establishment for which an application is made and shall be non-refundable.
(3) For first time applicants the registration fee will include the first year membership fee.
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(1) An AVI shall carry out an annual inspection of the establishment.
(2) For inspections carried out by an AVI the cost of the inspection is payable directly to the AVI by the operator.
(3) The administration fee shall be payable to the Department in respect of each establishment and shall be non-refundable.
In this paragraph “AVI” means a private veterinary practitioner authorised by the Department for the purposes of this Order.
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(1) The Department shall charge a re-inspection fee based on a case-by-case basis and shall comprise of—
(a) a charge for the veterinary inspector’s time, which includes—
(i) time spent at the operator’s establishment carrying out the re-inspection;
(ii) time spent report writing; and
(iii) travelling to and from the operator’s establishment,the rate for which charge will be £48.14 per hour or part thereof; and
(b) a charge for mileage, that is, for each mile travelled by the veterinary inspector to and from the operator’s establishment in order to carry out the re-inspection, the rate for which is 45 pence per mile.
(2) The re-inspection fee shall become payable to the Department within 14 days of receipt of an invoice for that fee by the operator concerned.
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(1) The Department shall—
(a) determine the supplementary audit inspection fee on the basis of the cost of a supplementary audit inspection by a veterinary inspector directly employed by the Department and associated administrative costs;
(b) include the cost of a supplementary audit inspection with the annual membership fee.
(2) The supplementary audit inspection fee shall be payable to the Department in respect of each establishment and shall be non-refundable.
PART II
Activity Fee Fee to be paid by
(1) (2) (3)
Registration and 1st year membership £209.24 The operator of the establishment
Annual membership fee £9.36 The operator of the establishment
Re-inspection fee Case-by-case The operator of the establishment
Supplementary audit inspection fee £13.48 The operator of the establishment