{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2024/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Charges for Residues Surveillance Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-amendment-scotland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2285).\nAmendments are made to regulations 2, 3 and 4 of the 2006 Regulations to allow costs incurred in carrying out the inspections and controls in relation to surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances to be recoverable by the competent authority performing the official controls.\nThese amendments also vary the fees required to be paid in relation to surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances.\nChanges to fees are itemised in the table below.\nTable 1\nType of creature or animal product\nBasis for charge\nPrevious charge (£)\nReplacement charge (£) from 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025\nReplacement charge (£) from 1 April 2025\nBovine\nper carcase\n0.5106\n0.7007\n0.7617\nGoat\nper carcase\n0.0507\n0.0691\n0.0751\nSheep\nper carcase\n0.0507\n0.0691\n0.0751\nSoliped\nper carcase\n0.3536\n0.4287\n0.4660\nSwine\nper carcase\n0.0543\n0.0676\n0.0735\nGame and wild game\nper tonne\n1.0461\n1.0461\n1.0461\nPoultry\nper tonne\n0.5568\n0.5917\n0.6432\nEggs\nper case of 360\n0.0179\n0.0206\n0.0206\nMilk\nper 1000 litres\n0.0276\n0.0373\n0.0405\nFish other than trout\nper tonne of marketed product\n2.1265\n2.1660\n2.3546\nTrout\nper tonne of fish food\n1.6840\n2.5963\n2.8222",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/218/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:39:37.037031+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}