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2004 No. 146

ANIMALS

Breeding Flocks, Hatcheries and Animal By-Products (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

  Made 29th March 2004 
  Coming into operation 26th April 2004 

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development[1], in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 50(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[2] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Breeding Flocks, Hatcheries and Animal By-Products (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 26th April 2004.

Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

Fees
     3. There shall be paid to the Department in respect of the transactions specified in column (2) of the Schedule the fees specified opposite thereto in column (3), such fees being payable within 14 days of demand.

Revocation
     4. The Breeding Flocks, Hatcheries and Animal Protein (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994[5] is hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on


22nd March 2004.

L.S.


Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development


The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Order.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on


29th March 2004.

L.S.


Jack Layberry
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel


SCHEDULE
Article 3


PAYMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT


NOTE -  the fees payable under the Breeding Flocks, Hatcheries and Animal Protein (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 are shown in brackets.

Item Transaction Fee Old Fee
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Supervision by an inspector of the taking of samples from breeding flocks under paragraph 5(1)(a) of, and paragraph 2(d) of Part I of Annex 2 to, the Breeding Flocks Scheme. £34·36 for the first ½ hour (or part thereof) of each visit plus £9·05 per ½ hour (or part thereof) thereafter. (£27·60 for the first ½ hour (or part thereof) of each visit plus £7·20 per ½ hour (or part thereof) thereafter.)
2. Supervision by an inspector of the taking of samples from poultry in hatcheries under paragraph 7(1)(a) of, and Part II of Annex 2 to, the Breeding Flocks Scheme. £34·36 for the first ½ hour (or part thereof) of each visit plus £9·05 per ½ hour (or part thereof) thereafter. (£27·60 for the first ½ hour (or part thereof) of each visit plus £7·20 per ½ hour (or part thereof) thereafter.)
3. Testing by the Department of composite faeces samples taken from breeding flocks under paragraph 5(1)(a) of, and paragraph 2(d) of Part I of Annex 2 to, the Breeding Flocks Scheme. £9·00 (£5·80)
4. Testing by the Department of samples taken from poultry in hatcheries under paragraph 7(1)(a) of, and Part II of Annex 2 to, the Breeding Flocks Scheme, in the case of -    
(a) a composite meconium sample;

 £7·80 (£5·80)
  (b) the carcases of chicks dead in shell (up to a maximum of 50);

 £23·42 (£11·05)
  (c) the carcases of chicks hatched from eggs (up to a maximum of 50).

 £23·42 (£11·05)
5. Inspection of a laboratory which has applied for authorisation for the purposes of the Breeding Flocks Scheme, or the Regulations, or both, for -    
  (a) 1 organism

 £362·00 (£196·00)
  (b) 3 organisms

 £370·90 N/A
6. Application Fee for the purposes of the Breeding Flocks Scheme, and/or the Regulations, consisting of -    
  (a) Additional administration of a first application;

 £10·60 N/A
(b) Distribution of one set of quality assurance samples prior to the authorisation of a laboratory for the purposes of the Breeding Flocks Scheme, or the Regulations, or both, to enable the Department to assess the accuracy of its testing for those purposes, for -

    
  (i) Salmonella

 £56·00 N/A
  (ii) Salmonella, Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium Perfringens when such samples are sent at the same time.

 £127·20 N/A
7. Annual Registration for the purposes of the Breeding Flocks Scheme and/or the Regulations, consisting of:    
  (a) Administration of processing an application;

 £24·60 N/A
  (b) Distribution of 4 quality assurance samples to a laboratory authorised for the purposes of the Breeding Flocks Scheme, or the Regulations, or both, to enable the Department to assess the accuracy of its testing for those purposes, for -

    
  (i) Salmonella

 £224·70 (£162·00)
  (ii) Salmonella, Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium Perfringens when such samples are sent at the same time.

 £510·40 N/A


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)


This Order repeals and replaces the Breeding Flocks, Hatcheries and Animal Protein (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994. It provides for fees to recover the full cost of transactions specified in the Order in respect of breeding flocks and hatcheries and for the purpose of authorising laboratories under the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 and approving laboratories under the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

Notes:

 [1] The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1))back

[2] S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of this Orderback

[3] Set out in the Schedule to the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 S.R. 1994 No. 118 as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 110back

[4] S.R. 2003 No. 495back

[5] S.R. 1994 No. 119back


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Prepared 2 April 2004

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