The Seed (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 2016 Regulations” means the Seed (Licensing and Enforcement etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2016(1);

“the relevant person” means—

(a)

a licensed crop inspector, where the fee is for an official examination carried out by a licensed crop inspector;

(b)

a licensed seed sampler, where the fee is for the sampling of a seed lot for the purposes of an official examination carried out by a licensed seed sampler; or

(c)

in any other case, the Scottish Ministers; and

“the Seed Marketing Regulations” means—

(a)

in relation to vegetable seed, the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993(2);

(b)

in relation to oil and fibre plant seed, the Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004(3);

(c)

in relation to cereal seed, the Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005(4);

(d)

in relation to fodder plant seed, the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005(5); and

(e)

in relation to beet seed, the Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010(6).

(2) Other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they do in the Seed Marketing Regulations or, as the case may be, the 2016 Regulations.

(1)

S.S.I. 2016/68.

(2)

S.I. 1993/2008, amended by S.I. 1996/1452, S.I. 1997/616, S.I. 1999/1863, S.S.I. 2000/250, S.I. 2001/3510, S.S.I. 2007/305, S.S.I. 2010/219, S.S.I. 2010/425, S.I. 2011/1043 and S.S.I. 2013/326.

(3)

S.S.I. 2004/317, amended by S.S.I. 2006/313, S.S.I. 2007/224, S.S.I. 2007/536, S.S.I. 2009/223, S.S.I. 2010/219 and S.S.I. 2016/68.

(4)

S.S.I. 2005/328, amended by S.S.I. 2006/313, S.S.I. 2006/448, S.S.I. 2007/224, S.S.I. 2007/536, S.S.I. 2009/223, S.S.I. 2010/219 and S.S.I. 2016/68.

(5)

S.S.I. 2005/329, amended by S.S.I. 2006/313, S.S.I. 2006/448, S.S.I. 2007/224, S.S.I. 2007/536, S.S.I. 2009/223, S.S.I. 2009/330, S.S.I. 2010/219, S.S.I. 2012/5, S.S.I. 2013/326 and S.S.I. 2016/68.

(6)

S.S.I. 2010/148, as amended by S.S.I. 2011/413 and S.S.I. 2016/68.