Fees for trading standards services

Valid to: 31/3/2009

please contact your local office with fee enquiriries

	Ex. VAT	VAT	Inc. VAT
GENERAL
Call out charge (Trading Standards Officer & Assistant)	£80	£14	£94
chargeable in addition to fees below unless otherwise stated.
Hourly Rate (Trading Standards Officer & Assistant)	£80	£14	£94
Hourly Rate (Trading Standards Officer & Assistant)	(Minimum charge 1/4 hour)
Delays (not caused by Trading Standards Staff)	(Chargeable at hourly rate)
Out of Hours Working (subject to staff availability) Outside 8.00am to 5.00pm Mon to Fri - 60% to be added to fee and call out charge Bank Holidays - 150% to be added to fee and call out charge (eg £100 fee becomes £250).
Certificate of errors on test of weighing / measuring equipment	£40.50	£7.09	£47.59
WEIGHTS (testing as fit for trade use)
Weights exceeding 5kg or not exceeding 500mg, 2CM	£10	£1.75	£11.75
Other weights	£9	£1.58	£10.58
MEASURES (testing as fit for trade use)
Linear measures not exceeding 3m, for each scale.	£10.50	£1.84	£12.34
Note 1: Longer measures will include an additional charge of 50% per 3m or part thereof. Note 2: Some measures of length may need to be tested at Kent Scientific Services and a different fee may apply.
Capacity measures without divisions not exceeding 1 litre or 1 quart	£9	£1.58	£10.58
Note: Larger measures will include an additional charge of 50% per litre/quart or part thereof
Cubic ballast measures (other than brim measures)	£176.50	£30.89	£207.39
Brim measures (unsubdivided) up to 1 cubic metre	£100	£17.50	£117.50
Liquid capacity measures for making up and checking average quantity packages	£28	£4.90	£32.90
Templets Per scale - first item	£49	£8.58	£57.58
Second and subsequent items	£21.50	£3.76	£25.26
WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS (testing as fit for trade use)
Not exceeding 1 tonne*
(Non-EC approved)	£40	£7	£47
(EC approved)	£70	£12.25	£82.25
* Note: All weighing instruments exceeding 1 tonne capacity should be tested using the weighbridge test unit with the specialist equipment fee.
Exceeding 1 tonne but not 10 tonnes*
(Non-EC approved)	£80	£14	£94
(EC approved)	£140	£24.50	£164.50
Exceeding 10 tonnes*
(Non-EC approved)	£180	£31.50	£211.50
(EC approved)	£315	£55.13	£370.13
*NOTE: Where instruments incorporate remote display or printing facilities then the fee will be increased by 50%.
Specialist Equipment Fee Where a weighbridge test unit is provided by us to enable the weighing instrument to be tested:
Time on site of 4 hours or less (half day charge)	£320	£56	£376
Time on site exceeding 4 hours (full day charge)	£640	£112	£752
Where the office van and test weights are provided the charge per round trip	£89.50	£15.66	£105.16
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR INTOXICATING LIQUOR (test as fit for trade use)
Not exceeding 5 fl.oz or 140ml	£20	£3.50	£23.50
Other	£21.50	£3.76	£25.26
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR LIQUID FUEL AND LUBRICANTS (test as fit for trade use
LFLO dispenser per meter/measuring container submitted	£80	£14	£94
Testing of peripheral electronic equipment on a later occasion than stamping of instrument	£80	£14	£94
Charge for each credit card acceptor unit tested irrespective of number of card slots / nozzles / pump housings it services	£80	£14	£94
For example - an MPD with an acceptor which accepts cards from each side authorising simultaneous deliveries constitutes ONE acceptor.
LFLO dispenser submitted under the Measuring Instruments Directive regime	£88	£15.40	£103.40
ROAD TANKER LIQUID FUEL MEASURING EQUIPMENT - ABOVE 100 LITRES (test as fit for trade use)
1. Meter measuring systems (will require use of item 3 below)
(a) wet hose type with two* testing liquids	£134.50	£23.54	£158.04
(b) jammed ticket printer (no replacement parts)	£55.50	£9.71	£65.21
(c) replacement of parts without effect on calibration	£55.50	£9.71	£65.21
*Note: if more than 2 liquids are tested, each additional liquid will incur an extra charge
2. Dipstick measuring systems Replacement dipstick
first or single dipstick	£69.50	£12.16	£81.66
each additional dipstick submitted at the same time	£24.50	£4.29	£28.79
3. Specialist equipment fee
Where the bulk fuel testing van is provided by the Department to enable a meter system to be tested	£185	£32.38	£217.38
FEES FOR SERVICES
(For example , a report on the weight or measurement of any goods or the overall accuracy of any weighing or measuring equipment or environmental searches relating to disused petrol stations)
Fees will generally be based on the standard call out fee plus the hourly rate, and will normally be subject to VAT.	£80	£14	£94
	Per hour (minimum charge 1/4 hour)
SPECIFIC SERVICES
Merchant Shipping Act - certification of a weighbridge operator (Hourly rate not applicable) Call-out fee plus:
Operator fails (per operator)	£40	£7	£47
Operator passes (per operator	£49	£8.58	£57.58
Supply of replacement certificate (No call out fee charged)	£11	£1.93	£12.93
SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT
Tyre pressure gauges in use by traders	£80	£14	£94
Tyre pressure gauges in use by traders	(Per hour)
Tyre pressure gauge brought to office by member of the public	No Charge
FEES FOR LICENSING
Petroleum/Explosives - statutory fees set by H&SE - reviewed annually and laid down currently in the Health & Safety (Fees) Regulations
Petroleum Spirit Licence to keep petroleum spirit in a quantity:
Not exceeding 2,500 litres	£40
Exceeding 2,501 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres	£55
Exceeding 50,001 litres	£115
Transfer of licence	£8
Explosives
A new store licence	£170
Renewal of a store licence	£80
New Registration	£100
Renewal of Registration	£50
Fireworks - All year round licence	£500
Poisons
Initial registration	£33
Change in details	£9.50
Re-registration	£18.50
Performing Animals
Granting of a licence	£26
Vehicles (Crime) Act Registrations
A sole proprietor	£51
A partnership	£64.50
A limited company	£90

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Fees for trading standards services

Valid to: 31/3/2009

GENERAL

Call out charge

Hourly Rate

Delays

Out of Hours Working

Certificate of errors on test of weighing / measuring equipment

WEIGHTS (testing as fit for trade use)

Weights exceeding 5kg or not exceeding 500mg, 2CM

Other weights

MEASURES (testing as fit for trade use)

Linear measures not exceeding 3m, for each scale.

Capacity measures without divisions not exceeding 1 litre or 1 quart

Cubic ballast measures (other than brim measures)

Brim measures (unsubdivided) up to 1 cubic metre

Liquid capacity measures for making up and checking average quantity packages

Templets

WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS (testing as fit for trade use)

Not exceeding 1 tonne*

Exceeding 1 tonne but not 10 tonnes*

Exceeding 10 tonnes*

Specialist Equipment Fee

MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR INTOXICATING LIQUOR (test as fit for trade use)

Not exceeding 5 fl.oz or 140ml

Other

MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR LIQUID FUEL AND LUBRICANTS (test as fit for trade use

LFLO dispenser per meter/measuring container submitted

Testing of peripheral electronic equipment on a later occasion than stamping of instrument

Charge for each credit card acceptor unit tested irrespective of number of card slots / nozzles / pump housings it services

LFLO dispenser submitted under the Measuring Instruments Directive regime

ROAD TANKER LIQUID FUEL MEASURING EQUIPMENT - ABOVE 100 LITRES (test as fit for trade use)

1. Meter measuring systems

2. Dipstick measuring systems

3. Specialist equipment fee

FEES FOR SERVICES

SPECIFIC SERVICES

Merchant Shipping Act - certification of a weighbridge operator

Operator fails (per operator)

Operator passes (per operator

Supply of replacement certificate

SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT

Tyre pressure gauges in use by traders

Tyre pressure gauge brought to office by member of the public

FEES FOR LICENSING

Petroleum Spirit

Explosives

Poisons

Performing Animals

Vehicles (Crime) Act Registrations