The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made: 2nd March 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 9(1) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] as extended to Northern Ireland[^f00002], and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, as respects the Isle of Man, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man[^f00003], and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 9(1) of that Act and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992[^f00004], hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Amendment of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990

2

For the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990[^f00005] there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

3

The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991[^f00006] and the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992[^f00007] are revoked.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULE TO THE PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS (FEES) REGULATIONS 1990

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th February 1993.

John Selwyn Gummer — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

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

Kenneth Clarke — Secretary of State for the Home — Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man) — 2nd March 1993

We approve,

Gregory Knight — Tim Kirkhope — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 22nd February 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 by prescribing revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978 (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, grant and renewal fees have been increased by approximately3½ per cent. 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; see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for the definition of “the Ministers”, section 39(3)(a)(ii) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations, for the substitution of a definition of the Ministers including the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man.

[^f00002]: By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1574).

[^f00003]: By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969.

[^f00004]: 1992 c. 53.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1990/618 amended by S.I. 1991/655 and S.I. 1992/438.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1991/655.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1992/438.