Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1978

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SCHEDULE

Section 6 (1).

“Rules for Computing Exporter's Monthly Fees

1. For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) the appropriate sum for a beef exporter's licence shall be such sum as may be prescribed;

(b) the appropriate sum for a pork exporter's licence shall be such sum as may be prescribed;

(c) the appropriate sum for a mutton exporter's licence shall be such sum as may be prescribed;

(d) the appropriate sum for a horse-flesh exporter's licence shall be such sum as may be prescribed;

(e) the appropriate sum for a goat-flesh exporter's licence shall be such sum as may be prescribed.

2. For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) the minimum fee, for each year commencing on a 1st day of July, in respect of either a beef exporter's licence or a pork exporter's licence shall be the sum of £50, and in respect of any other licence shall be the sum of £25;

(b) the collective minimum fee, for each year commencing on a 1st day of July, in respect of two or more licences collectively shall be the sum of £75 where the licences include a beef exporter's licence or a pork exporter's licence or both such licences, and in every other case shall be the sum of £50.

3. In respect of every registered slaughtering premises there shall be ascertained in the prescribed manner for every month—

(a) in relation to every person who held one and only one exporter's licence in respect of those premises during the whole or any part of that month, the number (in this Schedule referred to as the ‘appropriate number’) of animals presented under that licence to a veterinary examiner for examination at those premises during that month, and

(b) in relation to every person who held two or more exporter's licences in respect of those premises during the whole or any part of that month, the several numbers (each of which is in this Schedule referred to as the ‘appropriate number’) of animals presented under each of those licences respectively to a veterinary examiner for examination at those premises during that month.

4. As soon as an appropriate number is ascertained under rule 3 of this Schedule, in respect of an exporter's licence, the appropriate sum for the licence shall be multiplied by the appropriate number and the result of the multiplication shall, subject to rule 2 of this Schedule be the exporter's monthly fee payable in respect of that licence for that month for the purposes of section 13 of this Act.”.