The Plant Breeders~ Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Made: 9th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1994

Coming into force: 1st April 1994

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 North ern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section s 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 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

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 1993[^f00006] 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

Gillian Shephard — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 23rd February 1994.

Hector Monro — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 22nd February 1994

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 7th March 1994

Patrick Mayhew — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — 9th March 1994

Michael Howard — Secretary of State for the Home — Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man) — 28th February 1994

We approve,

Andrew Mackay — Irvine Patnick — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 23rd February 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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.

Application and renewal fees have been reduced by approximately 10 per cent. Test fees have been reduced by approximately 20 per cent. 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) 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. 1993/430.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1993/430.