I copied this from the official proposals document. 
1.--(1) A district council shall charge an appropriate fee--
(a)  in the case of a breeding establishment at which not more than 10 bitches are kept, of £150;
(b)  in the case of a breeding establishment at which not less than 11 and not more than 25 bitches are kept, of £200;
(c)  in the case of a breeding establishment at which not less than 26 and not more than 50 bitches are kept, of £250;
(d)  in the case of a breeding establishment at which not less than 51 and not more than 100 bitches are kept, of £300;
(e)  in the case of a breeding establishment at which not less than 101 and not more than 200 bitches are kept, of £350; and
(f)  for establishments over 200 bitches, £350 plus an amount of £50 for every additional 100 bitches.

The licence fees to be charged are skewed heavily in favour of the large, commercial establishments, ie.
a fee of £150 is to be charged for 9 breeding bitches, but a breeder could have 400 bitches (and many do), but pay only
£450/pa/per bitch.

Apparently the legislation is not yet finalised, although it is only the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development who will be able to make amendments.

That must be per anum in total not per bitch?

>a fee of £150 is to be charged for 9 breeding bitches, but a breeder could have 400 bitches (and many do), but pay only

£450/pa/per bitch.
I'm assuming the fee is per annum, not per bitch?

I'm just gobsmacked at the thought that even a large commercial breeding establishment could actually HAVE bitches that number in to the 100s. I'm obviously naive. :(

M.