
1 
These Regulations may be cited as The Grading Inspection of Certified Tourist Establishments (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 15th August 2023.
2 
In these Regulations—
(a) “grading inspection” means an inspection of a certified tourist establishment, conducted by an officer of the Board at the request of that proprietor, for the purposes of assigning a grade under the Board’s Quality Assurance Grading Scheme in exercise of its powers under Article 21 of The Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992; and
(b) any reference to a hotel, guest house, bed and breakfast establishment, self-catering establishment, hostel, campus accommodation or guest accommodation, in relation to any grading inspection, shall be construed as a reference to an establishment falling within that particular relevant statutory category of tourist establishment for the purposes of that inspection.
3 
For the purposes of Article 20(1)(b) of The Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, the fee payable to the Board by the proprietor of the / any certified tourist establishment, in respect of a grading inspection of that establishment, shall be—
(a) in the case of a hotel, £191 (plus VAT) per premises;
(b) in the case of a guest house, £156 (plus VAT) per premises;
(c) in the case of a bed and breakfast establishment, £156 (plus VAT) per premises;
(d) in the case of a single unit self-catering establishment, £80 (plus VAT) per premises;
(e) in the case of a multiple unit self-catering establishment:
(i) £80 (plus VAT) for the first unit; and
(ii) £25 (plus VAT) for each such additional unit within a five-mile radius of the first unit, up to a maximum of £500 (plus VAT);
(f) in the case of a hostel, £158 (plus VAT) per premises;
(g) in the case of campus accommodation, £158 (plus VAT) per premises; and
(h) in the case of guest accommodation, £156 (plus VAT) per premises.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 18th July 2023.
David Malcolm
A senior officer of the
Department for the Economy
