diff --git a/datagateway_api/src/datagateway_api/icat/filters.py b/datagateway_api/src/datagateway_api/icat/filters.py
index c114c9d5..bf69f3f0 100644
--- a/datagateway_api/src/datagateway_api/icat/filters.py
+++ b/datagateway_api/src/datagateway_api/icat/filters.py
@@ -210,14 +210,21 @@ def apply_filter(self, query):
 
 
 class PythonICATSkipFilter(SkipFilter):
-    def __init__(self, skip_value):
+    def __init__(self, skip_value, filter_use="datagateway_api"):
         super().__init__(skip_value)
+        self.filter_use = filter_use
 
     def apply_filter(self, query):
-        icat_properties = get_icat_properties(
-            Config.config.datagateway_api.icat_url,
-            Config.config.datagateway_api.icat_check_cert,
-        )
+        if self.filter_use == "datagateway_api":
+            icat_properties = get_icat_properties(
+                Config.config.datagateway_api.icat_url,
+                Config.config.datagateway_api.icat_check_cert,
+            )
+        else:
+            icat_properties = get_icat_properties(
+                Config.config.search_api.icat_url,
+                Config.config.search_api.icat_check_cert,
+            )
         icat_set_limit(query, self.skip_value, icat_properties["maxEntities"])
 
 
diff --git a/datagateway_api/src/search_api/filters.py b/datagateway_api/src/search_api/filters.py
index 00249a06..7e28ef16 100644
--- a/datagateway_api/src/search_api/filters.py
+++ b/datagateway_api/src/search_api/filters.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def apply_filter(self, query):
 
 class SearchAPISkipFilter(PythonICATSkipFilter):
     def __init__(self, skip_value):
-        super().__init__(skip_value)
+        super().__init__(skip_value, filter_use="search_api")
 
     def apply_filter(self, query):
         return super().apply_filter(query)
diff --git a/test/search_api/conftest.py b/test/search_api/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..423d5e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/search_api/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from icat.client import Client
+from icat.query import Query
+import pytest
+
+from datagateway_api.src.common.config import Config
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="package")
+def icat_client():
+    client = Client(
+        Config.config.search_api.icat_url,
+        checkCert=Config.config.search_api.icat_check_cert,
+    )
+    client.login(
+        Config.config.test_mechanism, Config.config.test_user_credentials.dict(),
+    )
+    return client
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def icat_query(icat_client):
+    return Query(icat_client, "Investigation")
diff --git a/test/search_api/test_limit_filter.py b/test/search_api/test_limit_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0245b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/search_api/test_limit_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import pytest
+
+from datagateway_api.src.common.exceptions import FilterError
+from datagateway_api.src.search_api.filters import SearchAPILimitFilter
+
+
+class TestSearchAPILimitFilter:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "limit_value",
+        [
+            pytest.param(10, id="typical"),
+            pytest.param(0, id="low boundary"),
+            pytest.param(9999, id="high boundary"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_valid_limit_value(self, icat_query, limit_value):
+        test_filter = SearchAPILimitFilter(limit_value)
+        test_filter.apply_filter(icat_query)
+
+        assert icat_query.limit == (0, limit_value)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "limit_value",
+        [pytest.param(-50, id="extreme invalid"), pytest.param(-1, id="boundary")],
+    )
+    def test_invalid_limit_value(self, icat_query, limit_value):
+        with pytest.raises(FilterError):
+            SearchAPILimitFilter(limit_value)
diff --git a/test/search_api/test_skip_filter.py b/test/search_api/test_skip_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d8c0093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/search_api/test_skip_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import pytest
+
+from datagateway_api.src.common.config import Config
+from datagateway_api.src.common.exceptions import FilterError
+from datagateway_api.src.common.helpers import get_icat_properties
+from datagateway_api.src.search_api.filters import SearchAPISkipFilter
+
+
+class TestSearchAPISkipFilter:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "skip_value", [pytest.param(10, id="typical"), pytest.param(0, id="boundary")],
+    )
+    def test_valid_skip_value(self, icat_query, skip_value):
+        test_filter = SearchAPISkipFilter(skip_value)
+        test_filter.apply_filter(icat_query)
+
+        assert icat_query.limit == (
+            skip_value,
+            get_icat_properties(
+                Config.config.search_api.icat_url,
+                Config.config.search_api.icat_check_cert,
+            )["maxEntities"],
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "skip_value",
+        [pytest.param(-375, id="extreme invalid"), pytest.param(-1, id="boundary")],
+    )
+    def test_invalid_skip_value(self, icat_query, skip_value):
+        with pytest.raises(FilterError):
+            SearchAPISkipFilter(skip_value)