# The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 S.I. 2006/2285 · made 22 August 2006 · revised to 1 June 2026 These Regulations—require fees to be paid for the Secretary of State’s surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances (regulation 3(1));lay down provisions relating to the liability for and recovery of fees (regulation 3);enable the Secretary of State to require information and supporting evidence to be supplied to him for the purpose of enabling him to calculate fees (regulation 4(1));create offences of failing to comply with a demand to supply information and supplying false or misleading information (regulation 4);revoke the Charges for Inspections and Controls Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2893) (regulation 5); andmake transitional provision for agreements made under any of the revoked instruments (regulation 6). Made under: Food Safety Act 1990 (Section 6, Section 45, Section 48) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-regulations-2006/pdf/uksi_20062285_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-regulations-2006/pdf/uksiem_20062285_en.pdf ## Introductory text FOOD Made 22nd August 2006 Laid before Parliament 25th August 2006 Coming into force 1st October 2006 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 45 and 48(1)(b) and (c) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and now vested in him. In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act he 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, he has consulted those whom he considers likely to be affected by the Regulations. ## 1 Title, extent and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006, extend to Great Britain and come into force on 1st October 2006. ## 2 Interpretation In these Regulations— “the Official Controls Regulation” means Regulation 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; “animal” means any bovine animal, swine, soliped, sheep, goat, poultry, game or wild game; “animal product” means milk or eggs; “brown trout” means any fish of the species Salmo trutta which has spent all of its life in fresh water; “carcase” means the whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding and dressing; “competent authority” has the meaning given in Article 3(3)(a) of the Official Controls Regulation; “eggs” means hen eggs in shell, suitable for direct human consumption or for use in the food industry except for broken eggs, incubated eggs or cooked eggs; “fish” means any farmed fish; “game” means— (a)land mammals which are reared and slaughtered in captivity, excluding— (i)any living within an enclosed territory under conditions of freedom similar to those that they would enjoy if they were living in the wild, (ii)any bovine animal, swine, soliped, sheep or goat, and (iii)members of the Family Leporidae; (b)birds (including ratites but excluding poultry) which are not generally considered to be domestic but which are bred, reared and slaughtered in captivity; and (c)domestic rabbits; “milk” means cows’ milk; “poultry” means domestic fowls, turkeys, guinea fowls, ducks or geese; “rainbow trout” means fish of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss; “salmon” means fish of the species Salmo salar; “wild game” means— (a)wild land mammals which are hunted (including wild land mammals living within an enclosed area under conditions of freedom similar to those that they would enjoy if they were living in the wild); or (b)wild birds. ## 3 Liability for and recovery of charges for residues surveillance (1) In respect of the costs incurred by the Secretary of State in carrying out the inspections and controls required by Directive 96/23 on the animals, fish or animal products listed in the first column of Schedule 1, he shall, except where paragraph (7) applies — (a) for animals slaughtered, wild game prepared, fish other than trout marketed, trout for which feed is purchased, milk collected or eggs packed within the period beginning with 1st June 2026 and ending with 31st March 2027, charge the amount specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule; (b) for animals slaughtered, wild game prepared, fish other than trout marketed, trout for which feed is purchased, milk collected or eggs packed on or after 1st April 2027, charge the amount specified in the corresponding entry in the third column of that Schedule. (2) Any charge under paragraph (1) is payable to the Secretary of State, and is recoverable by him on demand as a debt owed to him by the person liable to pay the charge under paragraph (3). (3) The person liable to pay that charge is— (a) in relation to any animal other than wild game, the operator of the business slaughtering the animal for sale or supply for human consumption; (b) in relation to wild game, the operator of the business preparing the carcase of the wild game for sale or supply for human consumption; (c) in relation to fish, the operator of the business producing the fish; (d) in relation to milk, the operator of the food business collecting the milk, or, in the case of milk that is not collected from its producer by a food business before being sold, supplied or prepared for sale for human consumption, its producer; and (e) in relation to eggs, the operator of the business packing the eggs. (4) Where any person referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (d) or (e) of paragraph (3) has paid a charge under that sub-paragraph, he may recover on demand a sum equal to that charge as a debt owed to him by any person on whose behalf he slaughtered the animal, prepared the wild game, collected the milk or packed the eggs (as the case may be) in respect of which he made payment. (5) The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with an organisation that he considers is supported by egg packing businesses providing for that organisation to pay for his inspection and control of eggs. (6) If the Secretary of State enters into an agreement pursuant to paragraph (5), he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, publicise— (a) the fact of having done so, (b) its duration, and (c) if the agreement is not of a fixed term, the way in which he will notify its termination, in a manner suitable for informing persons concerned in the egg trade. (7) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any inspection or control in respect of which an organisation is liable for payment by virtue of an agreement under paragraph (5). (8) Where the Secretary of State has appointed any manufacturer of brown trout or rainbow trout feed as his agent to collect the charge for his inspection and control of brown trout or rainbow trout, the manufacturer may collect the charge by incorporating the amount of the charge in the price of such feed. (9) As soon as reasonably practicable after making such an appointment, the Secretary of State shall publicise— (a) the name of the appointed manufacturer, (b) the duration of the appointment, and (c) if the appointment is not for a fixed term, the way in which he will notify its termination, in a manner suitable for informing operators of businesses producing brown trout and rainbow trout. (10) In this regulation, “Directive 96/23” means Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC as amended on the date on which these Regulations are made. ## 4 Information, offences and enforcement (1) Any person so required by the Secretary of State shall supply— (a) such information as the Secretary of State requires for the purpose of calculating charges payable under these Regulations; and (b) such evidence as the Secretary of State requires to enable him to verify information supplied under sub-paragraph (a). (2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply within 30 days with a demand made under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (3) Any person who knowingly furnishes the Secretary of State with false or misleading information for him to use when calculating charges payable under these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. (4) These Regulations shall be enforced by the Secretary of State. ## 5 Revocations The instruments specified in Schedule 2 are revoked. ## 6 Transitional provision Any agreement made under the revoked instruments, if subsisting on the date these Regulations come into force, shall be treated as an agreement made under these Regulations. ## Signature Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ## Schedule 1 Residues Surveillance Charges Type of creature or animal product Charge (£) from 1st October 2024 to 31st March 2025 Charge (£) on or after 1st April 2025 Bovine 0.7007 per carcase 0.7617 per carcase Goat 0.0691 per carcase 0.0751 per carcase Sheep 0.0691 per carcase 0.0751 per carcase Soliped 0.4287 per carcase 0.4660 per carcase Swine 0.0676 per carcase 0.0735 per carcase Game and wild game 1.0461 per tonne 1.0461 per tonne Poultry 0.5917 per tonne 0.6432 per tonne Eggs 0.0206 per case of 360 0.0206 per case of 360 Milk 0.0373 per 1000 litres 0.0405 per 1000 litres Fish other than trout 2.1660 per tonne of marketed product 2.3546 per tonne of marketed product Trout 2.5963 per tonne of fish food 2.8222 per tonne of fish food Type of creature or animal product Charge (£) from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 Charge (£) on or after 1 April 2027 Bovine 0.9964 per carcase 1.0216 per carcase Goat 0.0864 per carcase 0.0886 per carcase Sheep 0.0864 per carcase 0.0886 per carcase Soliped 0.5359 per carcase 0.5495 per carcase Swine 0.0845 per carcase 0.0867 per carcase Game and wild game 1.0461 per tonne 1.0461 per tonne Poultry 0.7397 per tonne 0.7584 per tonne Eggs 0.0237 per case of 360 0.0243 per case of 360 Milk 0.0466 per 1000 litres 0.0478 per 1000 litres Fish other than trout 2.7078 per tonne of marketed product 2.7764 per tonne of marketed product Trout 3.2455 per tonne of fish food 3.3278 per tonne of fish food Type of creature or animal product Charge (£) from 1st June 2026 to 31st March 2027 Charge (£) on or after 1st April 2027 Bovine 0.9964 per carcase 1.0216 per carcase Goat 0.0864 per carcase 0.0886 per carcase Sheep 0.0864 per carcase 0.0886 per carcase Soliped 0.5359 per carcase 0.5495 per carcase Swine 0.0845 per carcase 0.0867 per carcase Game and wild game 1.0461 per tonne 1.0461 per tonne Poultry 0.7397 per tonne 0.7584 per tonne Eggs 0.0237 per case of 360 0.0243 per case of 360 Milk 0.0466 per 1000 litres 0.0478 per 1000 litres Fish other than trout 2.7078 per tonne of marketed product 2.7764 per tonne of marketed product Trout 3.2455 per tonne of fish food 3.3278 per tonne of fish food ## Schedule 2 Revocations Regulations revoked Reference The Charges for Inspections and Controls Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2893 The Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.I. 1998/2880 The Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 S.I. 2004/1871 The Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2005 S.I. 2005/12 The Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 S.I. 2005/2715 The Charges for Inspections and Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2006 S.I. 2006/756 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations— (a) require fees to be paid for the Secretary of State’s surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances (regulation 3(1)); (b) lay down provisions relating to the liability for and recovery of fees (regulation 3); (c) enable the Secretary of State to require information and supporting evidence to be supplied to him for the purpose of enabling him to calculate fees (regulation 4(1)); (d) create offences of failing to comply with a demand to supply information and supplying false or misleading information (regulation 4); (e) revoke the Charges for Inspections and Controls Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2893) (regulation 5); and (f) make transitional provision for agreements made under any of the revoked instruments (regulation 6). Changes to fees (by comparison with the Charges for Inspections and Controls Regulations 1997), ranging approximately from decreases of 25% to increases of 45%, are itemised in the table below. Other sums are the same as before. Type of creature or product Current sum (£) Replacement sum (£) Bovine 0.4246 0.4352 per carcase Goat 0.0387 0.0561 Sheep 0.0387 0.0561 Swine 0.0831 0.0707 Eggs 0.0104 0.0129 per 360 Milk 0.0212 0.0244 per 1000 litres Salmon 1.8590 2.0449 per tonne of marketed product Trout: brown and rainbow 1.5730 1.7303 per tonne of fish food An additional change is that the Secretary of State is required to publicise the appointment of fish feed manufacturers as his agent for the collection of the charge for the inspection and control of brown trout and rainbow trout (regulation 3(9)). A further change is that it is now an offence knowingly to supply false or misleading information to the Secretary of State for the purpose of calculating charges payable under these Regulations, whether or not it is requested by the Secretary of State (regulation 4(3)). Previously, only supplying false or misleading information in response to such a request was an offence. These Regulations give effect, until 1st January 2007, to Article 2 of Council Directive 85/73/EEC on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls covered by Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 90/675/EEC and 91/496/EEC (OJ No. L32, 5.2.85, p. 14) (‘the old rules’), which was last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC (OJ No. L24, 30.1.98, p. 31). From 1st January 2007, these Regulations give effect (except for honey) to Article 27, as read with Annex IV Section A, of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1, as corrected by the corrigendum in OJ No. L191, 28.5.2004, p. 1) instead of the old rules (see the entry for poultry in Schedule 1). A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect of this instrument on the costs of business has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies are available from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2285 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-regulations-2006 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.