{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-7/paragraph-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-7/paragraph-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Auditor’s certificate",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State required an audit certificate when she sent out the demand for the statement of turnover, and the holder of the marketing authorisation has not provided it within 30 days, an additional fee is payable for that year of £10,500 plus an additional £2,100 in respect of each marketing authorisation held.\n(2) If the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the audit certificate provides sufficient assurance that the figures fairly present the financial records of the company, she shall require the marketing authorisation holder to produce within 30 days a further certificate and specify what further assurances she needs; and if this is not provided within those 30 days the additional fee specified in sub-paragraph (1) is payable.\n(3) Nothing in this paragraph limits the powers of an inspector to examine financial records.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/schedule/7/paragraph/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:34.048072+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}