The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Made: 7th March 1991

Laid before Parliament: 22nd March 1991

Coming into force: 12th April 1991

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th April 1991.

Amendment

2

For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985[^f00002] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

3

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986[^f00003], the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987[^f00004] and the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1990[^f00005] are revoked.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULES TO THE SEEDS (FEES) REGULATIONS 1985

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 7th March 1991.

John Selwyn Gummer — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Strathclyde — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 5th March 1991

David Hunt — Secretary of State for Wales — 6th March 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985, by prescribing revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1985 (as amended), the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1985 (as amended), the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1985 (as amended), the Beet Seeds Regulations 1985 (as amended), the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1985 (as amended) and the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985 (as amended) (regulation 2).

The matters in respect of which the revised fees are prescribed are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations, and the fees which were chargeable before these Regulations came into force are printed in italics beside the revised fees.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4; see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for the definition of “the Ministers”.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/610.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1986/1114.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/1148.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1990/610.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1985/976, amended by S.I. 1987/1091, 1989/1311.

[^f00007]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1985/975, amended by S.I. 1987/1092, 1989/1312, 1990/1352.

[^f00009]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1985/977, amended by S.I. 1987/1097, 1989/1313.

[^f00011]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1985/978, amended by S.I. 1989/1310.

[^f00013]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1985/979, amended by S.I. 1987/1093, 1989/1315.

[^f00015]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611.

[^f00017]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/656) on 12th April 1991.