Animal Remedies Act, 1993

Fees and levies, etc.

29.—(1) There shall be paid—

(a) on an application for the grant of any licence, or for an authorisation, pursuant to regulations made under section 8 , such fee (if any), and

(b) in respect of any fee or levy to which regulations made under section 8 (2) (b) (vii) relate, such fee or levy,

as may be fixed by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

(2) Different fees may be fixed in respect of different classes of licences or authorisations and different levies may be fixed in respect of different classes of matters (being matters provided for by regulations made under section 8 (2) (b) (vii)).

(3) (a) All fees and levies payable under this Act shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct and shall, subject to paragraph (b), be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the said Minister.

(b) Where—

(i) fees payable in respect of the granting of licences, the issuing of authorisations, the giving of directions or the provision of services by such person or persons, or such other class or classes of persons, as may be specified in regulations made under section 8 (1) (b) (iii) (II), or

(ii) levies payable to such person or persons, or such other class or classes of persons, as may be so specified,

have been collected, those fees or levies shall be paid or disposed of in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Where, but for this subsection, the provisions of the Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, would apply in respect of any money payable under this Act, that Act shall not so apply.