Statutory Inspection of Tourist Establishments (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made: 15th March 2011

Coming into operation: 11th April 2011

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment[^f00001], makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 20(1)(a) of the Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992[^f00002]—

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Inspection of Tourist Establishments (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2011.

Interpretation

2

In these Regulations—

• (a) “bedroom” in relation to any establishment includes any bedroom provided for visitors to the establishment, whether single, double or family and with or without ensuite bathroom; and

• (b) any reference to a hotel, guest house, bed and breakfast establishment, self-catering establishment, hostel, bunk house, campus accommodation or guest accommodation in relation to any statutory inspection shall be construed as a reference to an establishment falling within that particular relevant statutory category of tourist accommodation for the purposes of that inspection.

Fees for statutory inspections

3

For the purposes of Article 20(1)(a) of the Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, the fee payable to the Board by the proprietor of the any establishment in respect of a statutory inspection of that establishment shall be—

• (a) in the case of a hotel, £20 multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the establishment subject to a minimum of £300 and a maximum of £2,000;

• (b) in the case of a guest house, £20 multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the establishment subject to a minimum of £80 and a maximum of £200;

• (c) in the case of a bed and breakfast establishment, £20 multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the establishment subject to a minimum of £80 and a maximum of £200;

• (d) in the case of a self catering establishment, £40 multiplied by the number of cabins, apartments, chalets, houses or caravans or other individual sleeping accommodation provided for visitors to the establishment subject to a minimum of £40 and a maximum of £350;

• (e) in the case of a hostel, £2 multiplied by the number of beds provided for visitors to the establishment subject to a minimum of £70 and a maximum of £175;

• (f) in the case of a bunk house, £2 multiplied by the number of beds provided for visitors to the establishment subject to a minimum of £70 and a maximum of £175;

• (g) in the case of campus accommodation, £20 multiplied by the number of bedrooms provided for visitors to the establishment subject to a minimum of £80 and a maximum of £200; and

• (h) in the case of guest accommodation, £20 multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the establishment subject to a minimum of £80 and a maximum of £200.

Revocation

4

The Statutory Inspection of Tourist Establishments (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992[^f00003] are revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 15thMarch 2011

N. Cornick — A senior officer of the — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations prescribe the manner of calculating the fee payable to the Northern Ireland Tourist Board by the proprietor of a tourist establishment in respect of a statutory inspection of that establishment under Article 13(1) of the Tourism (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.

Regulation 4 revokes the Statutory Inspection of Tourist Establishments (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Economic Development, S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/235 (N.I. 3)

[^f00003]: S.R. 1992 No.136