# The Biocidal Products (Fees and Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 S.R. 2013/207 · made 2 August 2013 · revised to 1 July 2015 These Regulations provide the charging regime in relation to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (“the Biocides Regulation”; OJ No L167, 27.06.12, p.1). PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-fees-and-charges-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/pdf/nisr_20130207_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-fees-and-charges-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/pdf/nisrem_20130207_en.pdf ## Introductory text Health And Safety Made 2nd August 2013 Coming into operation 1st September 2013 The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”) , is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) in relation to the notification and control of substances and to measures relating to biocides. The Department, being the Department concerned , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the 1972 Act and Articles 40(2) and (4), and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”). The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to the Department by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A) of the 1978 Order . ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application within the territorial sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Functions of the Member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Annual charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Calculation of charge and number of persons liable to pay the charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Notification of liability to pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Revocations and savings provisions (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Regulation 39 of, and paragraphs 2, 3 and 7 to 12 of Schedule 11 to, the Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 continue to apply for the purposes of calculating the fee payable in respect of the evaluation of applications for biocidal product authorisations submitted before 1st September 2013 for the purposes of Directive 98/8/EC under Regulation 14(1) of the Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 2nd August 2013. L.S. D Sterling A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment ## Schedule 1 ACTIVITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH A FEE IS PAYABLE AND DAILY RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL SEA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Offshore installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Gas Importation and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Production of Energy from Water or Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Underground Coal Gasification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Other activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations provide the charging regime in relation to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (“the Biocides Regulation”; OJ No L167, 27.06.12, p.1). The Biocides Regulation replaces Directive 98/8/EC (OJ No. L123, 24.4.98, p.1) of the European Parliament and the Council of 16th February 1998, which laid down harmonised rules for the placing on the market of biocidal products. The Biocides Regulation lays down revised harmonised rules for the approval of active substances and the making available on the market of biocidal products. Regulation 4 makes provision for the functions of the Member State referred to in Article 80(2) to be performed by the Executive. Regulation 5 and Schedule 1 enables the Executive to charge fees, at a daily rate, for work carried out within the scope of the Biocides Regulation and within Regulation 12 of the Biocidal Products (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, relating to applications for the authorisation and mutual recognition of biocidal products, the approval of active substances and permits and notification under specific conditions. Regulations 6 and 7 provide for an annual charge to be paid to the Executive by persons placing biocidal products on the market in respect of costs incurred by or on behalf of the Executive and the competent authorities in Great Britain, associated with any work carried out within the scope of the Biocides Regulation that cannot be attributed to an individual application. Regulation 8 requires anyone liable to pay the annual charge to notify the Executive, or a person designated by the Executive, of information specified in that regulation, subject to exceptions set out in that regulation. Regulation 9 revokes regulations 39 and 39A of, and Schedules 11 and 11A to, the Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (and associated amending provisions in the Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2003), subject to savings provisions which: (i) enable fees to be charged in respect of the evaluation of biocidal product authorisation applications submitted before 1st September 2013, and (ii) allow the annual charge to be recovered in respect of the period from 1st April 2013 to 31st August 2013. In Great Britain the corresponding legislation is the Biocidal Products (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1507). The Great Britain Health and Safety Executive has prepared a full impact assessment of the effect that the Regulations will have on costs to business and the voluntary sector. A copy of that assessment is available from the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FR. A copy of the impact assessment has been placed in the library of the Northern Ireland Assembly and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/207 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-fees-and-charges-regulations-northern-ireland-2013 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.