1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Fees) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) In this Order "the Act" means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

(4) The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Fees) Order 1989(2) is hereby revoked.

2. The annual fee payable by the holder of a certificate issued under section 6 of the Act (scientific procedure establishments) in respect of any calendar year during the whole or part of which the certificate is in force shall consist of the fixed element specified in article 3 below and the additional element calculated in accordance with article 4 below.

3. The fixed element shall be £110 payable on each occasion that an annual fee falls due.

4. The additional element shall be £99, payable for each person who holds-“

(a)a personal licence which specifies the establishment to which the certificate relates as the place where the licence is primarily available; or

(b)a licence which is treated as a personal licence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act and which names the establishment to which the certificate relates as the only or first-named place where the person is authorised to perform experiments,

at any time during the period to which the fee relates when the certificate is in force.

5. The annual fee payable by the holder of a certificate issued under section 7 of the Act (breeding and supplying establishments) in respect of any calendar year during the whole or part of which the certificate is in force shall be £500 unless the place specified in the certificate is also specified in a certificate issued under section 6 of the Act.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which does not extend to Northern Ireland, prescribes the fees payable by the holders of certificates under section 6 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (scientific procedure establishments) and under section 7 of the Act (breeding and supplying establishments).

For scientific procedure establishments the fee is made up of £110 plus £99 for each personal licensee whose place of primary availability is the establishment in question. This represents an increase of £10 in respect of establishments and of £9 in respect of personal licensees. No additional fee is payable in respect of a scientific procedure establishment which is also a breeding and supplying establishment. For a breeding and supplying establishment which is not also a scientific procedure establishment the fee remains £500.

The Order also revokes the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Fees) Order 1989.