Paragraph 3 The official controls chargeI1
England and Wales
The official controls charge payable by the operator of a slaughterhouse, game-handling establishment or cutting plant for any accounting period will not be lower than 45% of the standard charge incurred in relation to those premises for that 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 |
Annotations
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Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.1.2006, see reg. 1