# The Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) Regulations 1987, Regulation 3: Liability to charges


(1) For the purposes of the principal Regulations and for services performed under them, and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) hereof, there shall be due from the registered dairy farmer to the Minister, in respect of any matter specified in the first column of the Schedule, the charge specified in relation thereto in the second column thereof.
(2) The charge due under the first item of the Schedule shall be the higher rate of charge unless the number of cows on the registered dairy farm at the time of the dairy farm visit is less than twenty and the registered dairy farmer makes a written declaration to that effect, in which case the charge due shall be the lower rate of charge.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) hereof, no charge shall be due in respect of any dairy farm visit—
(a) for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is a particular threat to public health, or for the purpose of taking measures to reduce such a threat,
(b) arising out of the findings of a previous dairy farm visit for which a charge has been made under these Regulations,
(c) in connection with an untreated milk producer’s licence granted in accordance with the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1986 solely for the sale of milk under the conditions described in Schedule 2 Part I Condition A4(1)(c) of those regulations (farmhouse catering), or
(d) in connection with a consent granted under section 42 of the Act to sell milk without the use of a special designation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/212/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-and-milk-special-designation-charges-regulations-1987/regulation-3
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