
2011 No. 2945
Food
The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Made 6th December 2011
Laid before Parliament 13th December 2011
Coming into force 9th January 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 48(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and now vested in the Secretary of State.
In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act the Secretary of State has had regard to advice given by the Food Standards Agency on the proposal to make the Regulations.

In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, the Secretary of State has consulted those whom the Secretary of State considered likely to be affected by the Regulations.
Title and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 9th January 2012.
Amendments to the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006
2 

(1) The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(2) replace “within a reasonable time” with “within 30 days”.
(3) For Schedule 1 substitute—“
SCHEDULE 1
Residues surveillance charges


Type of creature or animal product Charge (£)
Bovine 0.5106} 
Goat 0.0507} 
Sheep 0.0507} per carcase
Soliped 0.3536} 
Swine 0.0543} 
Game and wild game 1.0461} per tonne
Poultry 0.5568} 
Eggs 0.0179 per case of 360
Milk 0.0276 per 1000 litres
Fish other than trout 2.1265 per tonne of marketed product
Trout 1.6840 per tonne of fish food”
Revocation
3 
Regulation 2(3) of, and the Schedule to, the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2009 are revoked.
Jim Paice
Minister of State
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
6th December 2011