The Animal By-Products and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2 SALMONELLA CONTROL PROGRAMMES (ZOONOSES): FEES

Table 1

Fees payable by the person in charge of a flock from which an official control sample is taken, processed and examined for the purposes of Regulation (EC) 2160/2003

Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£) for activities commenced before 1 July 2023	Column 3 Fee (£) for activities commenced on or after 1 July 2023	Column 4 Fee (£) for activities commenced on or after 1 July 2024
Time spent travelling to and from premises (in this Table “travelling time”) for the purposes of obtaining an official control sample (in addition to any other fees specified)	14 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 84	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 72	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 72
Time (other than travelling time) spent obtaining an official control sample for examination in a laboratory (in this Table “the time fee”) where specified in addition to the fee for that activity in columns 2, 3 or 4	9 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent	12 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
Taking an official control sample from a flock of laying hens	32 plus the time fee	41 plus the time fee	49 plus the time fee
Taking an official control sample from a chicken or turkey breeding flock	52 plus the time fee	68 plus the time fee	83 plus the time fee
Taking an official control sample from a chicken broiler or turkey fattening flock	72 plus the time fee	95 plus the time fee	117 plus the time fee
Examination of an official control sample in a laboratory	14 per sample examined	18 per sample examined	21 per sample examined

Table 2

Fees payable by the operator of a laboratory in relation to an approval under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 2160/2003

Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£) for applications received before 1 July 2023		Column 3 Fee (£) for activities received on or after 1 July 2023	Column 4 Fee (£) for applications received on or after 1 July 2024
Processing an application for an initial laboratory approval or a biennial renewal of a laboratory approval	73		86	86
Conducting inspections for quality assurance	Number of tests for which the laboratory is approved:		688	1,025
	one test	350
	two tests	361
	three tests	372
	four tests	384
Conducting collaborative testing required to obtain and maintain approvals as a testing laboratory for salmonella	34 per test		44 per test	44 per test

Table 3

Fees payable by the person in charge of a flock for conducting tests under point 4 (b) of Part D of Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) 2160/2003

Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£) for activities commenced before 1 July 2023	Column 3 Fee (£) for activities commenced on or after 1 July 2023	Column 4 Fee (£) for activities commenced on or after 1 July 2024
Conducting tests on seven dust and faecal samples taken from each flock	99	123	146
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the caeca and oviducts of 300 birds in each flock	2,470	3,203	3,936
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the shell and the content of 4,000 eggs of each flock	3,080	3,517	3,954