Fees for bovine semen centre licensing and approval
Updated 5 July 2023
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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You must pay for your licence application to operate as a collection, storage or quarantine centre for animal semen.
You must also apply and pay for approval to use a bovine animal for semen collection.
How APHA charge for time spent
You must pay £22 per quarter hour or less for APHA’s time spent inspecting your premises. Fees for time spent are in addition to fixed fees for each service.
APHA calculates your inspection and travel fees to the next full quarter hour of work. For example, if APHA spends 20 minutes on your inspection, you will pay for half an hour.
How APHA calculates travel time
The fee amount for travel time is calculated based on the distance from the nearest APHA office to each inspection site.
If an inspector carries out inspections at multiple sites nearby on the same day, the fee for each is calculated from the nearest APHA office to each individual inspection site.
Travel time is capped at 45 minutes each way, so you will not pay more than £132 for travel costs.
Fees
You must pay for application assessments whether your application is approved or not.
| Service | Fees from 1 July 2023 | Fees from 1 July 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection time for licensing or approval | £22 | £22 | |||
| Travel time to and from sites for licensing or approval | £22 | £22 | |||
| Approval to collect bovine semen at a domestic collection centre or at unlicensed premises (under regulations 7 and 10 of the 2007 Regulations) | £27 | £33 | |||
| Application for approval to collect bovine semen at a licensed collection centre (under regulation 7 of the 2007 Regulations) | £35 | £44 | |||
| Application for licence to operate a licensed (under regulation 4 of the 2007 Regulations) | £39 | £48 | |||
| Application to operate a licensed or domestic storage or collection centre (under regulation 4 of the 2007 Regulations) | £37 | £46 | |||
| Initial examination of a bovine semen centre (under regulation 40 of the 2007 Regulations) | £23 | £28 | |||
| Routine examination of approved bovine animals for use in a domestic or licensed collection centre | £31 | £38 |
Example fee calculation
An application for licence to operate a licenced quarantine centre, where the veterinary work was undertaken by an APHA Veterinary Officer and took 1.5 hours:
£39 fixed fee + £22 x 6 = £171 plus travel time fee.
Fees for extra laboratory testing
You must pay extra fees for any tests needed following an inspection. The laboratory will charge you separately.