1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st January 2016.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2. In the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1)—
(a)for Schedule 2 (import inspection fees for applicable checks (reduced rates)), substitute—
Regulations 3 and 4(2)
| Fees(*) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Plants/plant Products | Quantity | Country of Origin | Normal working hours | Outside normal working hours |
| (*) Fee includes a documentary check and an identity check. | |||||
| Cut Flowers | Dianthus | up to 20,000 in number | Columbia | £24.60 | £31.10 |
| Ecuador | £26.70 | £35.40 | |||
| Kenya | £25.80 | £33.60 | |||
| Turkey | £28.50 | £39.00 | |||
| for each additional 1,000 units | Columbia | £0.01 | £0.01 | ||
| Ecuador | £0.03 | £0.05 | |||
| Kenya | £0.02 | £0.03 | |||
| Turkey | £0.05 | £0.08 | |||
| maximum price | Columbia | £28.40 | £38.70 | ||
| Ecuador | £45.60 | £73.20 | |||
| Kenya | £38.40 | £58.80 | |||
| Turkey | £60.00 | £102.00 | |||
| Phoenix | up to 20,000 in number | Costa Rica | £30.30 | £42.60 | |
| for each additional 1,000 units | £0.07 | £0.11 | |||
| maximum price | £74.40 | £130.80 | |||
| Rosa | up to 20,000 in number | Columbia, Ecuador | £24.60 | £31.10 | |
| Ethiopia | £24.90 | £31.80 | |||
| Kenya | £24.90 | £31.80 | |||
| Tanzania, Zambia | £26.70 | £35.40 | |||
| for each additional 1,000 units | Columbia, Ecuador | £0.01 | £0.01 | ||
| Ethiopia, Kenya | £0.01 | £0.02 | |||
| Tanzania, Zambia | £0.03 | £0.05 | |||
| maximum price | Columbia, Ecuador | £28.40 | £38.70 | ||
| Ethiopia, Kenya | £31.20 | £44.40 | |||
| Tanzania, Zambia | £45.60 | £73.20 | |||
| Fruit | Citrus | up to 25,000kg in weight | Egypt, USA | £26.70 | £35.40 |
| Israel, Mexico, Peru | £25.80 | £33.60 | |||
| Morocco | £24.90 | £31.80 | |||
| Tunisia | £33.00 | £48.00 | |||
| Turkey | £24.60 | £31.10 | |||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Egypt, USA | £0.12 | £0.23 | ||
| Israel, Mexico, Peru | £0.08 | £0.15 | |||
| Morocco | £0.04 | £0.08 | |||
| Tunisia | £0.40 | £0.75 | |||
| Turkey | £0.03 | £0.05 | |||
| Malus | up to 25,000kg in weight | Argentina, Brazil | £28.50 | £39.00 | |
| Chile, South Africa | £24.90 | £31.80 | |||
| New Zealand | £25.80 | £33.60 | |||
| USA | £33.00 | £48.00 | |||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Argentina, Brazil | £0.20 | £0.38 | ||
| Chile, South Africa | £0.04 | £0.08 | |||
| New Zealand | £0.08 | £0.15 | |||
| USA | £0.40 | £0.75 | |||
| Passiflora | up to 25,000kg in weight | Columbia | £25.80 | £33.60 | |
| Kenya | £26.70 | £35.40 | |||
| South Africa | £30.30 | £42.60 | |||
| Zimbabwe | £37.50 | £57.00 | |||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Columbia | £0.08 | £0.15 | ||
| Kenya | £0.12 | £0.23 | |||
| South Africa | £0.28 | £0.53 | |||
| Zimbabwe | £0.60 | £1.13 | |||
| Prunus | up to 25,000kg in weight | Argentina | £37.50 | £57.00 | |
| Morocco, | £33.00 | £48.00 | |||
| USA | |||||
| Chile, South | |||||
| Africa, | £25.80 | £33.60 | |||
| Turkey | |||||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Argentina | £0.60 | £1.13 | ||
| Morocco, | £0.40 | £0.75 | |||
| USA | |||||
| Chile, South | |||||
| Africa, | £0.08 | £0.15 | |||
| Turkey | |||||
| Pyrus | up to 25,000kg in weight | Argentina, South Africa | £25.80 | £33.60 | |
| Chile | £26.70 | £35.40 | |||
| China | £37.50 | £57.00 | |||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Argentina, South Africa | £0.08 | £0.15 | ||
| Chile | £0.12 | £0.23 | |||
| China | £0.60 | £1.13 | |||
| Vaccinium | up to 25,000kg in weight | Argentina | £28.50 | £39.00 | |
| for each additional 1,000kg | £0.20 | £0.38 | |||
| Vegetables | Capsicum | up to 25,000kg in weight | Israel, | £24.90 | £31.80 |
| Morocco | |||||
| for each additional 1,000kg | Israel, | £0.04 | £0.08 | ||
| Morocco | |||||
| Momordica | up to 25,000kg in weight | Surinam | £28.50 | £39.00 | |
| for each additional 1,000kg | £0.20 | £0.38 | |||
| Solanum Melongena | up to 25,000kg in weight | Kenya, Turkey | £25.80 | £33.60 | |
| for each additional 1,000kg | £0.08 | £0.15 | |||
Note: fees are rounded up to the nearest decimal point, with the exception of the additional quantity values, which are rounded up to the nearest penny.”; and
(b)for Schedule 3 (additional fees) substitute—
Regulation 5
| Item | Plants, plant products or other objects | Quantity(*) | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
(*) A sample of 200 tubers will be taken for each 25,000 kg lot.” | |||
| 1 | Potatoes originating in Egypt or Lebanon | up to 25,000 kg in weight | £158 |
| for each 25,000 kg (or part thereof) | £158 | ||
AILEEN McLEOD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
18th November 2015