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The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

S.I. 2012/751 · Made 7 March 2012

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Fees And Charges

Made 7th March 2012

Laid before Parliament 9th March 2012

Coming into force 6th April 2012

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973f1, makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c.51.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004
  3. 3Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004
  4. 4Consequential revocations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 6th April 2012.

2Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendments to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004

In Schedule 1 (calculation of variable fee)—

(a)

for paragraph (aa) substitute—

“(aa)

an amount for the time spent in providing the service on work of a specified type, calculated in accordance with the following table—

Table 1

Regulations relating to the relevant serviceSpecified type of workAmount per hour
Regulations 4, 5, 7, 8 and 8B(1)(a) and (b)Equipment testing£85
Type examination£105
Administration£55
Certification decision£130

”

; and

(b)

in paragraph (b) omit “with the exception of any service taking place within Great Britain to which regulation 8A or 8B(1)(c) relates,”.

4Consequential revocations

The following regulations are revoked—

(a)

regulation 2 of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008f1; and

(b)

regulation 2(6)(b)(i) of the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010f2.

Signature

David Willetts

Minister of State for Science and Innovation

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

6th March 2012

We consent

Michael Fabricant

Jeremy Wright

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

7th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), which prescribe the fees to be charged in relation to certain services provided by the Secretary of State with regards to measuring instruments.

The 2004 Regulations provide for the fees payable to the Secretary of State to be made up of a number of components, one of which is a “variable fee” calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 to those Regulations. One of the components of the variable fee is an hourly rate. Different hourly rates are prescribed depending on the work done and the seniority of the staff involved. These Regulations increase the hourly rates for specified types of work by £5.

The 2004 Regulations were amended by the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/728) which resulted in the removal of the permission to charge customers for travel costs in Great Britain relating to the approval of a manufacturer’s quality system and the carrying out of EC surveillance. These Regulations reverse the effect of the 2010 Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has a negligible effect on business.