Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2012 and shall come into force on the 1st January 2013.

(2) In this Order the “1986 Act” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

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

Fees payable under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

2.—(1) The fee payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C (Licensing of undertakings)(2) of the 1986 Act which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving the activity mentioned in section 2B(2)(a) of the 1986 Act (applying of regulated procedures to protected animals)(3) shall be determined as follows.

(2) In respect of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year, there shall be a fixed and a variable element of the fee.

(3) The fixed element for such a licence which is in force for the whole or any part of that period is £252.

(4) The variable element is £226 for each person who during the whole or any part of that period holds a personal licence which specifies the establishment to which the licence relates as the place where the licence is primarily available.

3.  The fee payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C (Licensing of undertakings) of the 1986 Act which authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking involving the activity mentioned in section 2B(2)(b) of the 1986 Act (breeding of protected animals) or 2B(2)(c) (keeping of protected animals) of the 1986 Act in respect of the whole or any part of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year is hereby prescribed as £1,130.

4.  The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2000(4) is revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Great Britain, prescribes the fees payable by the holder of a licence issued under section 2C of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. This Order repeals and replaces the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2000, because amendments to the Animals Scientific Procedures Act 1986 (consequent on the transposition of Directive 2010/63) have changed some of the terminology set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order (which is revoked by this order). There is no change to the fee structure itself or to the amounts payable as fees.