Fees for laboratory approvals and quality assessment

The following information is taken from the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008.

The Secretary of State may charge the fees set out in the following table for the initial approval and ongoing quality assessment of a laboratory -


Fees for laboratory approvals and quality assessment
  Fee (£)
Initial approval 29,770
Annual proficiency testing and follow-up inspection for the first year after approval 8,834
Annual proficiency testing from the second year after approval 4,135
Single proficiency test (in the event of a failure in the annual proficiency testing) 1,385
Hourly rate of an inspector (for any additional inspections that are necessary to check for compliance with the matters set out at
sub-paragraphs (1)(a) to (c))		 87.24

An 'approved testing laboratory' means a laboratory approved under this paragraph or a laboratory in another part of the United Kingdom approved by the competent authority to carry out the test.