The Animal Health (Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024

Made: 6th November 2024

Laid before the House of Commons: 11th November 2024

Coming into force: 1st December 2024

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981[^f00001].

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Animal Health (Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024.

• (2) This Order comes into force on 1st December 2024.

• (3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees and Amendment) (England) Order 2011

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• (1) The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees and Amendment) (England) Order 2011[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 3 (annual fee), in paragraph (1A)—

• (a) for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

(a) as regards the year beginning on 1st September 2024 and ending on 31st August 2025, £590;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£590”, substitute “£677”.

• (3) For the Schedule substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Amendment to the Animal Gatherings (Fees) (England) Order 2018

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In the Animal Gatherings (Fees) (England) Order 2018[^f00003], for the Schedule substitute the Schedule contained in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Transitional provision

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• (1) Paragraph (2) applies to any amendment made by this Order to a provision for a fee relating to an application received by the Secretary of State, so far as the amendment increases the fee payable.

• (2) The amendment does not apply in respect of any fee charged in relation to an application received by the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Order.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

Hayman of Ullock — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 6th November 2024

We approve

Jeff Smith — Vicky Foxcroft — Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury — 4th November 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends—

• (a) the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees and Amendment) (England) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1509) (“the Approved Disinfectants Fees Order”); and

• (b) the Animal Gatherings (Fees) (England) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/663) (“the Animal Gatherings Fees Order”).

This Order increases fees payable to the Secretary of State under the Approved Disinfectants Fees Order and the Animal Gatherings Fees Order for services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Article 2 amends the Approved Disinfectants Fees Order to—

• (a) increase the annual fee payable under article 3(1) for post-approval testing and administrative costs from £590 to £677 in respect of the year beginning on 1st September 2025 and ending on 31st August 2026, and each subsequent corresponding year (representing a 15% increase on the current fee, rounded to the nearest integer);

• (b) substitute a new Schedule providing for increased fees for testing the efficacy and quality of disinfectants. The fees set out in column 2 represent the following percentage increases on the current fees (rounded to the nearest integer): 23% (row 2), 20% (row 3), 49% (row 4), 30% (row 5), 49% (rows 6 and 7), 56% (row 8) and 51% (row 9).

Article 3 amends the Animal Gatherings Fees Order to substitute a new Schedule providing for increased fees for the licensing of premises for animal gatherings. The new Schedule provides as follows.

• (a) Table 1 sets out fees payable for the licensing of premises for animal sales or collection centres that are not exempt under article 3(4) of the Animal Gatherings Order. The fees set out in column 2 represent the following percentage increases on the current fees (rounded to the nearest integer): 14% (rows 3, 4 and 5) and 13% (row 6).

• (b) Table 2 sets out fees payable for the licensing of premises for shows or exhibitions that are not exempt under article 3(4) of the Animal Gatherings Order. The fees set out in column 2 represent the following percentage increases on the current fees (rounded to the nearest integer): 20% (row 3), 14% (row 4), 20% (row 5), 92% (row 6) and 44% (row 7).

• (c) Table 3 sets out additional fees payable for the licensing of premises. The fees set out in column 2 represent the following percentage increases on the current fees (rounded to the nearest integer): 14% (rows 3 and 4) and 9% (rows 5 and 6).

Article 4 disapplies the increased fees to applications received by the Secretary of State before this Order comes into force.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 22. The expression “the Ministers” is defined in section 86(1)(c). Functions of “the Ministers” under the Act (except for section 57(1)), so far as exercisable in relation to England, were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1999/3141, and functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of S.I. 2002/794.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2011/1509, amended by S.I. 2022/1121.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2018/663, amended by S.I. 2022/1121.