Appendix 1
S.I. 2008/530: memorandum from the Department
of Health
Medical Devices (Fees Amendments) Regulations
2008 (S.I. 2008/530)
1. In its letter to the Department of 26th
March 2008, the Joint Committee requested a memorandum on the
following points:
Given paragraph 2.1 of the Explanatory Memorandum,
which refers to some fees as being increased in overall effect
by 6% and other fees being frozen, is the reduction in regulation
in 2(3)(d) from £1,650 to £1,173 deliberate? If not,
what is the correct figure?
2. The reduction in regulation 2(3)(d) from £1,650
to £1,173 is not deliberate. The figure in regulation 2(3)(d)
should have been increased from £1,650 to £1,743 which
is the figure upon which the Department consulted. The Department
apologises for the error and is grateful to the Joint Committee
for drawing its attention to it. The error has arisen because
at a late stage of the drafting process a change to the text of
the regulation was made and unintentionally the figure of £1,173
replaced the figure of £1,743 which had been there before
the change. Although a final check of the Regulations was carried
out the error went unnoticed.
3. The Department will amend the provision in
a new Statutory Instrument to come into force in May. That instrument
will be provided free of charge to anyone who can show that they
have purchased the Medical Devices (Fees Amendments) Regulations
2008 (S.I. 2008/530).
Department of Health
27th March 2008
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