LegalizeThe Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations 2014
Made: 1st September 2014
Laid before Parliament: 3rd September 2014
Coming into force: 1st October 2014
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973[^f00001].
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.
Amendment of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012
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- (1) The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012[^f00002] are amended as follows.
- (2) After regulation 5 insert—
(5A) (1) A person applying for verification of a FLEGT licence by the Secretary of State must pay a fee of £31. (2) The fee must be paid— (a) in relation to each application, (b) to the Secretary of State, and (c) when the application is made.
Signed
de Mauley — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 1st September 2014
We consent
Gavin Barwell — Mark Lancaster — Two of the Lords Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 1st September 2014
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/178) (“the principal Regulations”) which enforce Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (OJ No. L 347, 30.12.2005, p. 1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1024/2008 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2173/2005 (OJ No. L 277, 18.10.2008, p. 23).
Regulation 2 inserts a provision into the principal Regulations requiring a person applying for verification of a FLEGT licence to pay a fee of £31 to the Secretary of State.
A full impact assessment of the effect of the principal Regulations on the costs of business, and the voluntary sector is available on the Defra website (www.gov.uk/defra) or from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the principal Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk. This includes an assessment of the effect of the future introduction of a fee for the verification of a FLEGT licence.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1973 c. 51. Section 56(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043, Part 2, article 6(1)(e).
[^f00002]: S.I. 2012/178.
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