Finance and Business
Trading Standards
Trading standards charges
Description |
2023-24 |
Fee subject to addition of VAT |
2024-25 |
Fee subject to addition of VAT |
| Hourly Rate for inspector weights and measures | £103.25 | Yes | £111.51 | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: In order to reflect additional costs associated with examination, testing and documentation, and maintenance of MID notified body status, certain classes of instrument covered by MID should be subject to additional charges, as follows: Automatic discontinuous totalisers, automatic rail weighbridges, automatic catchweighers, automatic gravimetric filling instruments and beltweighers. Note: Fees increase for initial MID conformity, but not subsequent reverification | No extra charge | Yes | No extra charge | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: cold water meters | No extra charge | Yes | No extra charge | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: Measuring instruments for liquid fuel and lubricants | 10% surcharge | Yes | 10% surcharge | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: Measuring instruments for liquid fuel delivered from road tankers | 10% surcharge | Yes | 10% surcharge | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: Capacity serving measures | 25% surcharge | Yes | 25% surcharge | Yes |
| A. Measuring Instruments Directive: Material measures of length | 25% surcharge | Yes | 25% surcharge | Yes |
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B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Automatic or totalising weighing machines |
£103.25 | Not applicable | £111.51 p/hr |
Yes, unless: 1. Under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 2. In pursuance of a Community obligation other than under (1) |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Equipment designed to weigh loads in motion | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Bulk fuel measuring equipment tested following a Regulation 65 or 66 occurrence under the 1983 Regulations or Regulation 23 or 24 occurrence under the 1988 Regulations | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Weighing or measuring equipment tested by means of statistical sampling | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: The establishment of calibration curves from templates | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Templates graduated in millilitres | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| B. Special Weighing and Measuring Equipment: Testing or other services in pursuance of a Community obligation other than EC initial or partial verification | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| C. Weights: Full hourly rate for first hour, thereafter £42.55ph | £103.25 p/hr (N.B. discount) | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £111.51 p/hr (N.B. discount) | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| D. Measures: Linear measures not exceeding 3 m, for each scale | £12.86 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £13.81 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| D. Measures: Capacity measures, without divisions, not exceeding 1 litre | £10.16 each | Yes | £10.97 each | Yes |
| D. Measures: Cubic ballast measures (other than brim measures) | £227.35 each | Yes | £245.54 each | Yes |
| D. Measures: Liquid capacity measures for making up and checking average quantity packages | £35.94 each | Yes | £38.82 each | Yes |
| D. Measures: Per scale - first item | £62.48 each | Yes | £67.48 each | Yes |
| D. Measures: Second and Subsequent items | £0.00 | Yes | £25.53 | Yes |
| E. Weighing Instruments: Non-NAWI - Not exceeding 1 tonne | £81.61 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £88.14 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| E. Weighing Instruments: Non-NAWI - Exceeding 1 tonne to 10 tonne | £132.20 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £142.78 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| E. Weighing Instruments: Non-NAWI - Exceeding 10 tonnes | £276.10 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £298.18 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| E. Weighing Instruments: Non-NAWI - Certification of Weighbridge Operators | £103.25 per hour |
No VAT. Minimum charge of half an hour |
£111.15 per hour |
No VAT. Minimum charge of half an hour |
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NAWI: Note: When supplying specialist equipment (including but not limited to weighbridge test unit, van and test weights, etc.) an additional fee may be charged, hourly, daily or per appointment, according to circumstance. Not exceeding 1 tonne |
£135.85 each |
Yes |
£146.74 each |
Yes |
| NAWI: Exceeding 1 tonne to 10 tonne | £210.23 each | Yes | £227.05 each | Yes |
| NAWI: Exceeding 10 tonnes | £460.22 each | Yes | £497.04 each | Yes |
| NAWI: When testing instruments incorporating remote display or printing facilities, and where completion of the test requires a second person or a second series of tests by the same person, an additional fee may be charged | 50% surcharge | Yes | 50% surcharge | Yes |
| F. Measuring Instruments for Intoxicating Liquor: Not exceeding | £22.40 each | Yes | £24.19 each | Yes |
| F. Measuring Instruments for Intoxicating Liquor: Other | £25.88 each | Yes | £27.95 each | Yes |
| G. Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants: Container type (not subdivided) | £93.83 each | Yes | £101.34 each | Yes |
| G. Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants: First nozzle tested, per site | £153.05 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £165.29 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| G. Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants: Each additional nozzle tested | £103.43 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £111.70 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| G. Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants: Testing of peripheral electronic equipment on a separate visit (per site) | £103.25 p/hr |
Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
£111.51 p/hr | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| G. Measuring Instruments for Liquid Fuel and Lubricants: Testing of credit card acceptor (per unit, regardless of no. of slots/nozzles/pumps) | £103.25 p/hr | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £111.51 p/hr | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Wet hose with two testing liquids | £328.52 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £354.80 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Wet hose with three testing liquids | £383.27 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £413.93 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Dry hose with two testing liquids | £364.97 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £394.17 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Dry hose with three testing liquids | £419.94 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £453.54 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Wet/dry hose with two testing liquids | £511.01 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £551.89 each | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| H. Road Tanker Fuel Measuring Equipment (Above 100 Litres): Wet/dry hose with three testing liquids | £546.27 | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 | £589.97 | Yes, unless under the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regs 1988 |
| I. Certificate of errors: For supplying a certificate containing results of errors found on testing (certificate supplied upon request of the submitter; fee applies when no other fee is payable). | £66.30 each | Yes | £71.60 each | Yes |
All Fees are inclusive of VAT, if applicable (unless otherwise stated). Fees and charges marked with an asterisk * are set by the Council, those not marked are set by other organisations such as Welsh Government and UK Government.
ID: 10214, revised 04/11/2024
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