please supply me with a copy of the review of the doubts that arose about the proper statutory basis for charging fees and any information that you have in relation to the Bird [Registration Charges] Act 1997 especially what consultation there was with stakeholder.

Derek Canning LLB [HONS] made this Freedom of Information request to House of Commons This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

House of Commons did not have the information requested.

Derek Canning LLB [HONS]

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please note the following quotation from Hansard

‘The charge was made on registered sellers and keepers by the department when administering both these schemes. However, following a review some doubts arose about the proper statutory basis for charging these fees. The Bill will simply clarify those powers’.

Having noted the above quotation and full the quotation below please supply me with a copy of the review of the doubts that arose about the proper statutory basis for charging fees and any information that you have in relation to the Bird [Registration Charges] Act 1997 especially what consultation there was with stakeholder.

Birds (Registration Charges) Bill
HL Deb 20 March 1997 vol 579 c1154 1154
§ 7.45 p.m.
The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Earl Ferrers)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
This is a short Bill and will clarify the powers of the Department of the Environment to charge fees for registered sellers of dead wild birds under Section 6 and for the birds registration scheme under Section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The charge was made on registered sellers and keepers by the department when administering both these schemes. However, following a review some doubts arose about the proper statutory basis for charging these fees. The Bill will simply clarify those powers.
The Bill has three main provisions. First, it will permit future charges to be made for the registration scheme and the registered sellers of the dead wild bird scheme should such a new scheme be reintroduced. Secondly, it will permit the recovery of charges for bird registrations which were made between 21st May 1996, which is the date on which the announcement was made in another place that the requirement for the payment of any fees were suspended, and the date when the Bill comes into force. Thirdly, it will validate all registration charges which have been made under Sections 6 and 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The Bill will affect about 1,000 registered keepers of birds. The Bill is an uncontroversial measure. It will simply restore the situation to that which the department and the bird keepers had previously believed to be the case. It will not remove any rights which they expected it to have. The Bill makes no other changes to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. I beg to move.
Moved, That the Bill be now read a second time.—(Earl Ferrers.)
On Question, Bill read a second time.
Committee negatived.
Then, Standing Order No. 44 having been suspended (pursuant to Resolution of 18th March), Bill read a third time, and passed.
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BIRDS (REGISTRATION CHARGES)
HC Deb 31 October 1996 vol 284 c794 794
§ Mr. Secretary Gummer, supported by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Forsyth, Mr. Secretary Hague and Mr. Clappison, presented a Bill to make provision (including provision having retrospective effect) authorising the Secretary of State to impose charges in respect of registrations effected in accordance with regulations under section 6(2) or 7(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 9.]
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Yours faithfully,

Derek Canning LLB [HONS]

Derek Canning LLB [HONS]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am requesting an internal review

Yours sincerely,

Derek Canning LLB [HONS]

FOICOMMONS, House of Commons

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Dear Mr Canning

I am sorry that we did not respond to you on this. In recent weeks, for
understandable reasons, we have received many FOI requests and are
working hard to reduce the backlog. Our complaints process is detailed
below.

You asked for a copy of a review of doubts referred to in a Hansard
quotation dating from 1997 "...following review some doubts were
expressed...". In the longer extract it appears that the review
referred to related to Countryside Act 1981 and that it was conducted by
the Department of the Environment. It is not possible to identify the
review referred to and therefore cannot identify whether or not any
published information is held. You might consider making your request
to the Department of the Environment to see if they can assist.

You also asked for any information we have in relation to the Bird
(Registration Act) 1997. The information held by the House is available
on its website. By using the search facility, entering the reference
Bird (Registration Charges) Act 1997 in the search field provides links
to the information held by the House of Commons. A screen shot of the
first page of the return is attached.

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