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The Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/2751 · Made 17 November 1997 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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ANIMALS

DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS

Made 17th November 1997

Coming into force 1st January 1998

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(c) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932f1, as applied in relation to coypus by the Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987f2, and now vested in themf3, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (S.) (2.7.2012) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/174), art. 1(1), sch. 2 (with art. 5; S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 3); and revoked (E.) (6.4.2015) by The Mink and Coypus (Revocations) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/613), reg. 1(1), Sch.

Footnotes

f1

1932 c. 12; section 11 (interpretation) was amended by S.I. 1992/3302.

f2

S.I. 1987/2195.

f3

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of Article 3(1) of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Special licence fees
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and commencementF1I1

These Regulations may be cited as the Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998.

2InterpretationF1I1

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Act” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932; and

(b)

“a special licence” means a special licence granted in accordance with section 8 of the Act authorising the keeping of coypus.

3Special licence feesF1I1

On the granting of a special licence there shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales, as the case may be, the following fee—

(a)

in England and Wales, £185; and

(b)

in Scotland, £60.

Signature

Elliot Morley

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

17th November 1997

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

17th November 1997

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

17th November 1997

Bob Ainsworth

Jon Owen Jones

Two of the Lords Commissionersof Her Majesty’s Treasury

Approved on 17th November 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the fee to be charged in respect of the grant of a special licence under section 8 of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 (“the Act”) authorising the licensee to keep coypus for exhibition, purposes of scientific research or other exceptional purposes. The fee prescribed in England and Wales is £185, and in Scotland £60. The keeping of coypus otherwise than in accordance with a licence granted under section 8 of the Act is prohibited by the Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2195).

A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and has been deposited in the library of each House of Parliament.