# The Meat Inspection Regulations 1987, Regulation 14: Charges by local authorities for meat inspection


(1) Any charge made by a local authority by virtue of the last foregoing regulation shall be payable—
(a) in respect of any animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse other than a public slaughterhouse, by the person for the time being licensed in respect of that slaughterhouse under Part I of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974;
(b) in respect of any animal slaughtered in a public slaughterhouse, by the person on whose behalf the animal is slaughtered;
(c) in any other case, by the person who informs the local authority of the slaughter in accordance with regulation 5.
(2) Any charge due to a local authority by virtue of this and the last foregoing regulation shall be recoverable by them summarily as a civil debt.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2236/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/regulation-14
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