Regulation 56A Fees in connection with approval of coronavirus test devicesF1

(1)

A person who makes an application to the Secretary of State under regulation 38A(1) must pay to the Secretary of State a fee of—

(a)

£14,000; or

(b)

if the person is a small or medium-sized enterprise, £6,200.

(2)

Where the Secretary of State, in accordance with regulation 38A(4), treats an application made before the coming into force of regulation 38A as an application made under that regulation, a payment made in respect of that application before the coming into force of this regulation must be treated as—

(a)

a payment meeting the requirements of paragraph (1), if that payment would have met those requirements after their coming into force; or

(b)

a payment contributing in part to the payment required by paragraph (1), if that payment would not have met those requirements after their coming into force.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

a person is a small or medium-sized enterprise if it and persons associated with it employ no more than 250 individuals in total; and

(b)

“persons associated with it” has the same meaning as in section 882 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 56A inserted (28.7.2021) by The Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/910), regs. 1(1), 9