The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made: 25th February 1993

Laid before Parliament: 10th March 1993

Coming into force: 1st April 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] as extended to Northern Ireland[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990

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For the Schedule to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990[^f00003] there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

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Regulation 2(4) of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991[^f00004] and the whole of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992[^f00005] are revoked.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULE TO THE SEEDS(NATIONAL LISTS OF VARIETIES) (FEES) REGULATIONS 1990

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

John Selwyn Gummer — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 25th February 1993.

Hector Monro — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 17th February 1993

David Hunt — Secretary of State for Wales — 24th February 1993

Patrick Mayhew — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — 22nd February 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 by prescribing revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982 (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.

Most application, test, award and renewal fees have been increased by approximately 3½ per cent although the test fee for sugar beet and fodder beet varieties has been reduced. The fee for the purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country has been increased to accord with the international charge of 350 Swiss Francs. Fees payable in respect of other matters remain unchanged.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for the definition of “the Ministers” and section 39(3)(a)(ii) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland.

[^f00002]: By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/609).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1990/617 amended by S.I. 1991/657 and S.I. 1992/436.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1991/657.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1992/436.