The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made: 5th June 1996

Laid before Parliament: 10th June 1996

Coming into force: 1st July 1996

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 by sections 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] and now vested in them[^f00002] 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 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

Amendment

2

For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985[^f00003] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

3

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993[^f00004] are revoked.

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

SCHEDULE 2 — MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE FODDER PLANT SEEDS REGULATIONS 1993[^f00007]

Initial fees

A

Initial fee per hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:

Crop inspection fee

B

Fee for official examination or re-examination of crops intended to produce pre-basic or basic seed, per hectare or part thereof examined (including crops of hybrid swede rape and hybrid turnip rape)

Seed lot fee

C

Fee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot entered as:—

SCHEDULE 3 — MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE OIL AND FIBRE PLANT SEEDS REGULATIONS 1993[^f00009]

Initial fees

A

Initial fee per hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:

Crop inspection fees

B

Fee for official examination or re-examination of crops intended to produce pre-basic or basic seed, per hectare or part thereof examined

Seed lot fee

C

Fee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot entered as:—

Seed testing fees

D

Fees for an official examination of seed for:—

SCHEDULE 4 — MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE BEET SEEDS REGULATIONS 1993[^f00011]

Initial fees

A

Initial fee per hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:

Crop inspection fees

B

Fee for official examination or re-examination of crops intended to produce pre-basic or basic seed, per hectare or part thereof examined

Seed lot fee

C

Fee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot entered as:—

SCHEDULE 5 — MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE VEGETABLE SEEDS REGULATIONS 1993[^f00013]

Initial fees

A

Initial fee for crops intended to produce:

Crop inspection fees

B

Fee for official examination or re-examination of crops intended to produce:

Seed lot fee

C

Fee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot entered

SCHEDULE 6 — MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE SEEDS (REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT) REGULATIONS 1985[^f00015]

Representations by, and hearings of, a seed merchant, processor or packer

A

• (i) Fee for making written representations to the Minister

Licensed Seed Testing Stations

B

• (i) Annual fee payable during the currency of the licence (or a proportion thereof in respect of a part of a year)

Signed

Tim Boswell — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 5th June 1996

Lindsay — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 5th June 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 24th May 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st July 1996, amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985. They prescribe revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Beet Seeds Regulations 1993, the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended) and the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985 (as amended) (regulation 2). The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 are revoked (regulation 3).

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.

A uniform increase of 9% has been applied to all fees and has been rounded to the nearest five pence except in the case of the annual fee for Licensed Seed Testing Stations, which has been rounded to the nearest £1.

A Compliance Cost Assessment in relation to these Regulations has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LF.

Footnotes

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

[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/610, 1993/429.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/429.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1993/2005, amended by S.I. 1995/1482.

[^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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1993/2009, amended by S.I. 1993/2529, 1996/1453.

[^f00008]: 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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1993/2007, amended by S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451.

[^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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1993/2006.

[^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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1993/2008, amended by S.I. 1996/1452.

[^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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611, 1993/2530.

[^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 1996 (S.I. 1996/1486) on 1st July 1996.