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Title and introductory text
2024 No. 547
Retained Eu Law Reform
Animals
Food
Plant Health
Trade
The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
22nd April 2024
Coming into force
30th April 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(2) and (3) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”).
The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(2) and (3) of the 2023 Act.
In accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement and extent
(1) These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; and
(b) come into force on 30th April 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to the United Kingdom, subject to paragraph (3).
(3) Any amendment of a provision in an enactment has the same extent as the provision amended.
Propose a change2 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2017/625
(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 79 (mandatory fees or charges)—
(a) in paragraph 1, omit the words from “at border control posts” to “Article 53(1),”;
(b) in paragraph 3, for the words from “, in relation” to “into account:” substitute “decide to reduce the amount of, or waive, the fees or charges, after having had regard to any considerations that the competent authority considers to be relevant, including, but not limited to:”.
(3) In Article 81 (costs), in the opening words—
(a) for “shall” substitute “may”;
(b) for “the following costs, insofar as these result from the official controls concerned” substitute “the costs of official controls and costs connected with official controls, including but not limited to”.
(4) In Article 82(1)(a) (calculation of fees or charges)—
(a) for “a flat-rate” substitute “a flat-rate or set of flat-rates”;
(b) for “competent authorities”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “competent authorities, individually or, by agreement, collectively,”.
(5) For Article 84(2) (payment of fees or charges) substitute—
2. The operator responsible for the consignment or its representative must pay the fee or charge collected in accordance with Articles 79(1), (2) or 80, subject to alternative arrangements being provided by other legislation.
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(6) In Article 85(2) (transparency), for “make available to the public” substitute “make available to the public, including by publication online,”.
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