# The Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 6: The standard charge


The standard charge, expressed in ECU, payable by the occupier of a slaughterhouse for any period shall be calculated by multiplying the rate given in the following table applicable to animals of a particular type by the number of animals of that type slaughtered or as the case may be dressed there in the period—
Species
Type
Rate per type of animal in ECU
Cattle
animals aged 6 weeks or more at slaughter
4.5
animals aged less than 6 weeks old at slaughter
2.5
Horses and other solipeds
4.4
Pigs including wild boar
carcase weight less than 25kg
0.5
carcase weight greater than or equal to 25kg
1.3
Sheep, goats and other ruminants not listed elsewhere in this table
carcase weight less than 12kg
0.175
carcase weight between 12 and 18kg inclusive
0.35
carcase weight greater than 18kg
0.5
Poultry, rabbits, small game birds and ground game
all broilers; all cast hens; other poultry, rabbits, small game birds and ground game weighing less than 2kg
0.01
poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game weighing at least 2kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5kg)
0.02
poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game (all being adult) and weighing at least 5kg
0.04

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2095/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-hygiene-and-inspection-charges-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-6
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