# The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987, Regulation 13: Charges by local authorities


(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, a local authority may make charges, of such amounts as they may from time to time determine in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) of this regulation, in respect of the inspections and supervisory functions carried out by them in pursuance of these Regulations, other than any such functions carried out for the purpose of securing the observance of the requirements of Schedule 5.
(2) A local authority which intend to make, or to increase the amounts of any existing, charges shall—
(a) calculate on the basis of the permitted cost factors set out in Schedule 16 the amounts of their charges;
(b) consult the occupier of any export premises affected by those charges about the amounts which the local authority propose to charge, the number of persons whom they propose to employ in the carrying out of the inspections and supervisory functions to which those charges relate and the hours during which those persons are intended to be engaged on those inspections and supervisory functions;
(c) supply to any person consulted by them in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph on his request made in writing within fourteen days of the day on which he was consulted, details of the calculations used to decide the amounts of the proposed charges;
(d) consider any representations made to them by, or on behalf of, any person whom they have consulted and, having regard thereto, determine the amounts of their charges; and
(e) notify such amounts to all persons consulted in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph at least fourteen days before the day on which the charges are to take effect.
(3) A local authority which intend to reduce the amounts of any existing charges shall—
(a) determine the amounts which, on the basis of the permitted cost factors set out in Schedule 16, are to be charged;
(b) notify the occupier of any export premises affected by those charges of the amounts of their charges, the number of persons whom they propose to employ in carrying out the inspections and supervisory functions to which those charges relate and the hours during which those persons are intended to be engaged on those inspections and supervisory functions; and
(c) supply to any person so notified, on his request in writing made within seven days of the day on which he was notified, details of the calculations used to determine the amounts of the charges.
(4) A local authority shall not apply any charge unless the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) of this regulation have been complied with in respect of that charge.
(5) Any charge made by a local authority by virtue of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be payable—
(a) in respect of any animal slaughtered in a public slaughterhouse, by the person on whose behalf the animal is slaughtered;
(b) in the case of fresh meat intended for export which is to be despatched from an export cold store, by the person giving notice to the local authority pursuant to regulation 8(7); and
(c) in any other case, by the occupier.
(6) Any charge due to a local authority by virtue of this regulation shall be recoverable by them summarily as a civil debt.
(7) In this regulation and in Schedule 16 “occupier”, in relation to a public slaughterhouse, includes any person who slaughters animals there with the consent of the local authority which provides that slaughterhouse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2237/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/regulation-13
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