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1992 No. 436

SEEDS

The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made

2nd March 1992

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1992

Coming into force

1st April 1992

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 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) as extended to Northern Ireland(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990

2. For the Schedule to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990(3) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 18th February 1992.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Strathclyde

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

2nd March 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

27th February 1992

Peter Brooke

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

28th February 1992

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULE TO THE SEEDS (NATIONAL LISTS OF VARIETIES) (FEES) REGULATIONS 1990

Regulation 3

"SCHEDULEFEES

PART IFEES PAYABLE ON AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF A PLANT VARIETY IN ANATIONAL LIST

Plant VarietyAmount
New feeOld fee
££a
a

The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/617) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/436) on 1st April 1992.

1. Any variety

260(250)

PART IIFEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF TESTS FOR DISTINCTNESS, UNIFORMITY ANDSTABILITY OF A PLANT VARIETY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF AN APPLICATIONFOR ENTRY IN A NATIONAL LIST

Plant VarietyAmountNew feeOld fee
££a
a

The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/436) on 1st April 1992.

1. A cereal (excluding maize) variety

800(800)

2. A maize variety

500(500)

3. A potato variety

750(750)

4. A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot, celery, curly kale, leek, onion, radish, turnip or fodder variety

700(700)

5. A field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean variety

600(600)

6. A herbage variety

500(600)

7. An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) variety

500(500)

8. A sugar beet or fodder beet variety

250(NIL)

9. Any other variety

250(250)

PART IIIRENEWAL FEES

Plant VarietyAmount each year
New feeOld fee
££a
a

The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/436) on 1st April 1992.

1. A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)

160(150)

2. Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)

260(250)

PART IVFEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OTHER MATTERS

MatterWhen payableAmount
New feeOld fee
££a
a

The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/436) on 1st April 1992."

1. Application for the substitution of a name in a National List

On making the application25(25)

2. Making written representations to the Ministers

On delivering the representations25(25)

3. Attending to be heard by a person appointed by the Ministers

Before the hearing50(50)

4. Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country

Within 14 days of demand by the Minister140(140)

5. Observation plot-trials for value for cultivation and use

Within 14 days of demand by the Minister115(115)

6. Entry in a National List

Before entry in a National List100(100)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 by prescribing revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982 (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 Regulations also prescribe a fee with regard to distinctness, uniformity and stability tests for sugar beet and fodder beet.

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for the definition of "the Ministers" and section 39(3)(a)(ii) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland.

(2)

By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/609).

(3)

S.I. 1990/617 amended by S.I. 1991/657.


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