The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/1376
• Sections: 6

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st July 1995.

Section 2

The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Fees) Regulations 1993 are hereby amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph 1(a) of Schedules 2, 3, 5 and 6, for “£47.00”, substitute “£53.00”;

(b) in paragraph 1(b)(iii) of Schedules 5 and 6, for “£48.00”, substitute “£56.00”; and

(c) for Schedule 4 (fees for designation of approved bodies), substitute the new Schedule 4 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 1

Where regulation 9(1) of the 1992 principal Regulations applies (designation of approved bodies) the fees are as follows—

(a) a fixed fee of £200.00 to cover the costs of considering each initial application for designation; and

(b) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of any part of the consideration of such an application taking place at a place other than the National Weights and Measures Laboratory of the Department of Trade and Industry; and

(c) the amount of additional expense, if any, incurred by or occasioned to the Secretary of State by reason of employing the assistance of a third party for the consideration of any such application;

and the total shall be due and payable as indicated in paragraph 4 below.

Section 2

Where regulation 9(3A)(a) of the 1992 principal Regulations applies (variation or amendment, on request, of an approval) the fees shall be calculated on the same basis, and shall be due and payable in the same manner, as those relating to designation under paragraph 1 above except that, for the fixed fee of £200.00 for which paragraph 1(a) provides, there shall be substituted a fixed fee of £100.00.

Section 3

Where regulation 9(3B) of the 1992 principal Regulations applies (periodic inspection of approved bodies) the fees shall be calculated on the same basis, and shall be due and payable in the same manner, as those relating to designation under paragraph 1 above except that, for the fixed fee of £200.00 for which paragraph 1(a) provides, there shall be substituted an amount in respect of any time calculated to the nearest quarter of an hour (a period of 7½ minutes being rounded up to a quarter of an hour) taken by staff employed in conducting the inspection at a rate of £66.00 per hour (including any time spent in travelling).

Section 4

On completion of the consideration of the application for designation or for variation or amendment of an approval or of the periodic inspection, the Secretary of State shall serve an invoice on the applicant or approved body for the amount of the fees, together with notification that the consideration of the application, or the periodic inspection, as appropriate, has been completed, and the amount shall, before notification of the result of such consideration or inspection, be due and payable to the Secretary of State.