The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made: 25th February 1993

Laid before Parliament: 10th March 1993

Coming into force: 1st June 1993

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 1993 and shall come into force on 1st June 1993.

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 1992[^f00003] 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

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

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.

The range of increases lies, for the most part, between 2.0 per cent and 3.8 per cent, with one rising by 5 per cent. The other exception is the crop inspection fee. This is payable only in association with other fees which have not been increased. The inspection fee alone increases by 11 per cent, but the effect when combined with the other fees is a global increase of between 2.2 per cent and 4.5 per cent.

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. 1992/1085.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/1085.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1985/976, amended by S.I. 1987/1091, 1989/1311.

[^f00005]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.

[^f00006]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1985/975, amended by S.I. 1987/1092, 1989/1312, 1990/1352, 1991/1601, 1992/1614.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1985/977, amended by S.I. 1987/1097, 1989/1313, 1991/1062, 1992/1613.

[^f00010]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1985/978, amended by S.I. 1989/1310.

[^f00012]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1985/979, amended by S.I. 1987/1093, 1989/1315.

[^f00014]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611.

[^f00016]: 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 1993 (S.I. 1993/429) on 1st June 1993.