# The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 5: The standard charge

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

The standard charge for any accounting period (expressed in Euros) payable by the operator of a game–handling establishment in respect of wild game dressed there during that 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 dressed there in the period.
Species
Type
Rate per type of animal in Euros
Bovines
bovine animals aged 6 weeks or more at slaughter
4.5
bovine animals aged less than 6 weeks old at slaughter
2.5
Equidae and other solipeds
4.4
Pigs including wild boar
carcase weight less than 25 kg
0.5
carcase weight greater than or equal to 25 kg
1.3
Sheep, goats and other ruminants not listed elsewhere in this Table
carcase weight less than 12 kg
0.175
carcase weight between 12 and 18 kg inclusive
0.35
carcase weight greater than 18 kg
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 2 kg
0.01
poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)
0.02
poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game (all being adult) and weighing at least 5 kg
0.04
Ostriches and other ratites
1.3
Land mammals and birds of a type not mentioned above
1.3

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2983/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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