Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection that sought approval to the increase to be applied to the Schedule of Charges in respect of services provided at the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre (HARC) for 2016/17.

In response to a Member’s suggestion to apply a higher increase, the Director of Port Health and Public Protection advised that the proposed charges were based on competition from Europe as well as within the United Kingdom and that officer hours involved in the handling of different species had been taken into account.

RESOLVED – That:-

a)    the proposed charges be adopted and applied at the HARC, with effect from 1 April 2016 or as soon as it is practicable thereafter;

b)    the proposed Byelaws be approved and that it be recommended to the Court of Common Council that the Byelaws be made; and

c)    the Comptroller and City Solicitor be instructed to seal the Byelaws accordingly.