The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987

Regulation 13(2) and (3)

SCHEDULE 16PERMITTED COST FACTORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CHARGES FOR INSPECTIONS AND SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY

General

1.  The use made by each export premises of the local authority’s facilities required to carry out inspections and supervisory functions at those premises, account being taken in respect of an export slaughterhouse of economies in inspection resources made possible by its scale or mode of operation.

Salaries and related costs

2.—(1) The salaries or fees, together with overtime payments and employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions, of official veterinary surgeons and inspectors engaged in carrying out inspections and supervisory functions (or the relevant proportion thereof in so far as those inspections or functions do not occupy their full working day). In determining the amount chargeable in respect of these costs the following shall apply:—

(a)If the hours required for the carrying out of inspections and supervisory functions at an export slaughterhouse occupy less than the full working day of an official veterinary surgeon or inspector but the remaining period is too short for it to be practicable to employ that person fully on other duties, the full day (other than time actually spent on other duties) may be charged. In particular, if inspection is required at two or more distinct periods of the working day, the full time from the start of the first period of inspection to the end of the final period may be charged, other than any time actually spent on other duties.

(b)Where, because of a change in the scale or mode of operation of an export slaughterhouse, the number of hours required for inspections and supervisory functions at that slaughterhouse falls below the number envisaged when the charges applicable to that slaughterhouse were determined and the occupier thereof has given written notice to the local authority of that change of circumstance, the charges applicable to that slaughterhouse shall be correspondingly reduced on or before the expiry of a period of two months from the date of that notice.

(2) Travelling and related incidental expenses incurred by staff engaged in the carrying out of inspections and supervisory functions (including subsistence and car user allowances where these are paid) except that such expenses shall not be charged where an inspector is employed exclusively at one export slaughterhouse, unless otherwise mutually agreed between the local authority and the occupier of that slaughterhouse.

Stationery and printing etc.

3.  The invoice price paid for record sheets and labels used in connection with meat inspection, and ink for marking meat.

Protective clothing and working equipment.

4.  The invoice price paid for protective clothing and equipment used for the carrying out of inspections and supervisory functions to the extent that they are paid for by the local authority.

Laundry

5.  The cost of laundering protective clothing at the local authority’s expense.

Telephone

6.  Costs incurred by the local authority in respect of telephone calls to and from any export premises in relation to inspections and supervisory functions carried out there.

Training and recruitment

7.  Costs incurred by the local authority in connection with the recruitment of trainee inspectors and their training where the local authority intend to employ them as inspectors in their area following completion of training and have given a written statement to that effect to the occupier. The chargeable costs are those relating to advertisements for trainee meat inspectors, their interview expenses, course and examination fees, salaries, and travelling, subsistence and other expenses incidental to the training.

Other costs

8.  The cost of accounting and collecting charges and of providing pay-roll and personnel services in connection with the employment of official veterinary surgeons and inspectors, including the cost to the local authority of arranging the provision, and ensuring the proper carrying out, of the inspections and supervisory functions required by these Regulations.