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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st July 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the numbered position of a row in a table is a reference to its position not counting the row containing the column headings of that table.
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(1) The Animal By-Products and Pet Passport Fees (England) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a) in paragraph (2) for “Article 45” substitute “Article 20 of the Official Controls Regulation”;
(b) in paragraph (4) after the definition of “EU Control Regulation” insert—“
 “Official Controls Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products;”.
(3) Omit regulation 4.
(4) In the Schedule—
(a) in Table 1, for the second and third columns substitute—“

Fee (£) for applications received on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024 Fee (£) for applications received on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132 22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72 12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72
2,134.50 2484
1,147 1,343
1,147 1,343
586 687
586 687
476 557
476 557
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent 22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent 11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
21 per invoice 21 per invoice”;
(b) in Table 2—
(i) in the table heading, for “Article 45 of the EU Control Regulation” substitute “Article 20 of the Official Controls Regulation”;
(ii) in the first column, for “EU Control Regulation” in each place it occurs substitute “Official Controls Regulation”;
(iii) for the second and third columns substitute—“

Fee (£) for inspection site visits undertaken on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024 Fee (£) for inspection site visits undertaken on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent 22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent 12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent 11 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
188 per visit 219 per visit
752 per year 876 per year
2,256 per year 2,628 per year”.
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(1) The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a) for “border inspection post” substitute “border control post”;
(b) for the definition of “poultry health scheme” substitute—“
 “poultry health scheme” means the scheme established by the Secretary of State governing the export or movement of birds or hatching eggs to the EU, Northern Ireland or specified non-EU countries, published on 22nd July 2021;”.
(3) After regulation 2 insert—“
2A. 
If any activity for which a fee is payable under these Regulations is carried out over a period during which different fees apply, the fee payable in relation to that activity is—
(a) where the activity is carried out as part of an application, the fee that applied on the date the application is received;
(b) otherwise, the fee that applied on the date the activity is commenced.”.
(4) In regulations 4(1)(a), (b) and (c), 5(a), 6(1), 7 and 8(1) after “column 2”, insert “or column 3”.
(5) In regulation 9, and in the heading to that regulation, for “border inspection posts” substitute “border control posts”.
(6) In Schedule 1—
(a) in Table 1—
(i) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 72
41
68
95
18 per sample tested (time fee does not apply)”;
(ii) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 72
49
83
117
21 per sample tested (time fee does not apply)”.
(b) in Table 2—
(i) in Column 1 in the second row—(aa) for “and” substitute “for”;(bb) omit the words from “based upon” to the end;
(ii) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
86
688 per visit
44 per test”;
(iii) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1 July 2024
86
1,025 per visit
44 per test”.
(c) in Table 3—
(i) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
123
3,203
3,517”;
(ii) after Column 2 insert —“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
146
3,936
3,954”.
(7) In Schedule 2—
(a) in Table 1—
(i) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
82 (time fee does not apply)
49
62
35
61 (time fee does not apply)
34 (time fee does not apply)”;
(ii) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
108 (time fee does not apply)
71
67
39
67 (time fee does not apply)
39 (time fee does not apply)”;
(b) in Table 2, for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023
86
158 per test
310 per test
310 per test
280 per test
310 per test”.
(8) In the Table in Schedule 3—
(a) in Column 1—
(i) in the fourth row for “an EC collection centre” substitute “a licensed collection centre”;
(ii) in the fifth row for “an EC quarantine centre” substitute “a licensed quarantine centre”;
(iii) in the sixth row—(aa) for “an EC” substitute “a licensed collection centre”;(bb) for “or EC” substitute “or a licensed storage centre”;
(iv) in the eighth row for “for domestic or EC use” substitute “for domestic use or for use for trade with a member State”.
(b) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
27
35
39
37
23
31”;
(c) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
33
44
48
46
28
38”.
(9) In Schedule 4, in the Table—
(a) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132

42 per boar

31 per boar

37
34
23”;
(b) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132

53 per boar

38 per boar

46
42
28”.
(10) In Schedule 5, in the Table—
(a) in the third row of Column 1—
(i) after the words “a bovine embryo transfer team” insert “under regulation 4 of the 1995 Regulations;”;
(ii) omit “a store under regulation 13 of the 1995 Regulations;”;
(iii) after the words “(with or without an inspection of a laboratory)” insert “under regulation 6 or 7 of the 1995 Regulations;”;
(b) for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023 but before 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent up to a maximum of 132
38
13
34
23
6 for each additional team and laboratory or store”;
(c) after Column 2 insert—“

Column 3Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2024
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
22 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 132
47
16
42
28
7 for each additional team and laboratory or store”.
(11) In Schedule 6—
(a) in the heading to that Schedule and in the heading to Table 1, for “border inspection posts” substitute “border control posts”;
(b) for Table 1 substitute—“

Column 1Inspection of type of animal and checking documents Column 2Fees (£) per consignment on or after 1st July 2023
Poultry and small game birds 53
Poultry – eggs 53
Ratites 53
Captive birds 61
Live fish, aquatic animals and amphibians 48
Bees 40
Rabbits and rodents 44
Other insects and invertebrates 40
Reptiles 48
Pets unaccompanied by a declaration 63
Equidae 79
Farmed livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, pigs and wild boar 190
Animals not covered by any other category 50
Documentary checks for onward travel 79”;
(c) in Table 2, for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2 Fee (£) on or after 1st July 2023
261 per load
346 per load
16 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 96”;
(d) in Table 3, for Column 2 substitute—“

Column 2 Fee per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent on or after 1st July 2023
21
28
14
16, up to a maximum of 96”.
Benyon
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd June 2023We consent
Steve Double
Andrew Stephenson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
21st June 2023