The Fodder Plant Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005

Fees

29.—(1) The National Assembly for Wales may charge any person reasonable fees in respect of costs reasonably incurred by the National Assembly for Wales in carrying out official measures for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The National Assembly for Wales may charge any person concerned in any matter connected with these Regulations reasonable fees in respect of costs reasonably incurred by the National Assembly for Wales in connection with that matter for the purposes of these Regulations, including the costs reasonably incurred by an officer authorised for the purposes of these Regulations by the National Assembly for Wales in connection with —

(a) the taking of samples in accordance with regulation 23;

(b) the sealing of packages in accordance with regulations 24 and 25; and

(c) the labelling of packages in accordance with regulation 26.

(3) A person carrying out official measures in accordance with an arrangement or further arrangement under regulation 28 may charge any person, including any other person with whom an arrangement or further arrangement has been made under regulation 28, reasonable fees in respect of costs he reasonably incurs in carrying out official measures under the responsibility of the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with these Regulations.

(4) All fees payable under these Regulations in connection with any application shall be payable —

(a) at the time the application is made, or

(b) with the agreement of the National Assembly for Wales or a person carrying out official measures in accordance with an arrangement or further arrangement under regulation 28 (as the case may be), within twenty-eight days following notice from the National Assembly for Wales or that person (as the case may be) demanding the fee payable in respect of such application.

(5) All other fees payable under these Regulations shall be payable within twenty-eight days following the issue of a notice under these Regulations demanding the payment of the fee.

(6) A fee charged in accordance with this regulation shall be recoverable as a debt from the person by whom the fee is payable.