Increase in fee for personal weighing service

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A decision made (29.06.07) to increase the fee for the Trading Standards personal weighing service

Subject:	Increase in fee for personal weighing service
Decision Reference:	MD-E-2007-0130		Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	n/a		Report File ref:
Written report – Title	Personal Weighing Service – Review of Fee
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Trevor Le Roux, Director – Consumer Affairs
Decision(s): The Minister has authorised the proposed increase in the fee charged for the Trading Standards personal weighing service.
Reason(s) for decision: The fee needs to be increased to a more cost effective level.
Action required: Fee to be raised in line with the recommendation.
Signature: Senator P.F.C.Ozouf (Minister)		Date of Decision:

Increase in fee for personal weighing service

Minister for Economic Development

Trading Standards

Personal Weighing Service – Review of Fee

The Issue

The personal weighing service is provided in the Trading Standards offices in the Central Market. It has been decided to review the fee charged as it is some considerable time since an increase was applied.

The Facts

Responsibility for the provision of the personal weighing service in the Central Market was transferred from Transport and Technical Services (T&TS) to Trading Standards from 1st May 2007. When the Trading Standards Service was incorporated into the Economic Development Committee in 2003, the weighing service had remained with T&TS. Further changes in the structure of the Markets administration have resulted in the decision to restore responsibility for the personal weighing function to Trading Standards where it had previously been for many years.

The opportunity has been taken to review the fee charged to consumers for personal weighing. The current fee is 25 pence per weighing and has not been increased for at least 12 years. The service has become something of a tradition within the Central Market and it dates back at least 60 years. To ensure that the service continues it is proposed that the weighing fee is raised to 40 pence per weighing and that this figure is further reviewed at the end of 2008.

Recommendation

Subject to the necessary treasury authorisation, the Minister authorises the fee for personal weighing be raised from 25 pence to 40 pence effective from 2nd July 2007.

Trevor Le Roux

Director of Consumer Affairs

25th June 2007