The Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993

Made: 22nd November 1993

Laid before Parliament: 30th November 1993

Coming into force: 21st December 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 10(1) and (3)(c) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 10(3)(c) of the said Act of 1984, hereby make the following Regulations:–

Title, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer (Fees) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 21st December 1993.

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer Regulations 1993[^f00002].

Payment of fees

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• (1) An applicant for any approval under the principal Regulations shall, at the time the application is made, pay to the appropriate Minister the fee specified for that application in the Schedule to these Regulations.

• (2) The holder of an approval under the principal Regulations shall pay the fee specified in paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of the Schedule to these Regulations when an examination specified there is carried out.

Exceptions

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No fee shall be payable under paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Regulations if the premises are already licensed under regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985[^f00003] or regulation 7(1)(b) of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985[^f00004].

Reduction of fees

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• (1) Where an application requires the inspection of premises, and one applicant has applied for the inspection of more than one set of premises to be inspected at the same time which are within a radius of 5 miles of one another, the fee for the second and subsequent premises shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.

• (2) Where there is a fee payable under paragraph 6(1)(a), 6(2), 7 or 8(2) of the Schedule to these Regulations, and the examination for which the fee is payable is carried out at the same time as an examination for which a fee is payable under the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987[^f00005], then the fee payable under these Regulations shall be reduced by £29 plus one third of the remainder of the sum that would otherwise have been payable.

Refund of fees

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If an application is withdrawn before it is determined, the appropriate Minister shall refund to the applicant the fee paid less a deduction of the costs already incurred in processing the application.

SCHEDULE

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Application for approval as an embryo collection team under regulation 5 of the principal Regulations, or for joint approval as an embryo collection team and embryo transfer team under regulations 5 and 9 of those Regulations and–

Approval of laboratory facilities

2

When the embryo collection team has already been approved, application for approval under regulation 5 of the principal Regulations of–

• (a) one laboratory facility

Approval as embryo collection team when laboratory facilities are already approved

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Application for approval as an embryo collection team under Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations where laboratory facilities are already approved.

Approval of storage premises under regulation 8(1)

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Application for approval of storage premises under regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations–

• (a) if the examination is carried out at the same time and on the same premises as an approval of an embryo collection team or embryo transfer team;

Alterations to premises or facilities

5

Application for approval of an alteration to premises already approved under regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations or to facilities approved under regulation 5 or 9 of those Regulations.

Routine examinations of collection teams or joint teams

6

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• (1) Routine examination of the records and facilities of an approved embryo collection team or joint embryo collection and transfer team–

• (a) if there is one laboratory facility on the site;

Routine examinations of transfer teams

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Routine examination of the records and facilities of an embryo transfer team

Routine examinations of stores

8

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• (1) Routine examination of a store approved under regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations and on the same site as facilities of an embryo collection team or embryo transfer team and examined at the same time as those facilities

Approval of a transfer team

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Application for approval as an embryo transfer team and facilities under regulation 9 of the principal Regulations

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 22nd November 1993.

Gillian Shephard — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Hector Monro — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office — 17th November 1993

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 19th November 1993

Timothy Wood — Andrew Mackay — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 18th November 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set fees payable for services under the Bovine Embryo Collection and Transfer Regulations 1993.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 40; the “appropriate Minister” referred to in section 10 is defined in section 10(8).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1993/.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1985/1861 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1985/1857 (S.138) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1987/390; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/2592.