The Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 1022 (S.98)

SEEDS

The Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1992

Made

22nd April 1992

Laid before Parliament

27th April 1992

Coming into force

28th April 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 16(1), (1A)(e) and (5)(a) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 28th April 1992.

(2) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only.

Revocation of previous Regulations

2.  The Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1990(2) are hereby revoked.

Payment of fees

3.  There shall be paid in advance in respect of the matters arising under the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991(3) referred to in the Schedule hereto, or under any Regulations amending or superseding them, the fees respectively specified in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the references to such matters.

4.  The said fees shall be payable to the Secretary of State.

Exemptions

5.  The Secretary of State may exempt any person or class of person or persons generally from compliance in whole or in part with the provisions of these Regulations in relation to payment of fees and any exemptions so made may be made subject to conditions.

I. M. Whitelaw

Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries

Department

Pentland House,

Edinburgh

22nd April 1992

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE

Matter	New fee	Old fee
	£	£(4)
1.  Fee for crop inspection in respect of crops for which an application has been made for classification as—
(a) VTSC class per half-hectare or part thereof	23.00	(20.50)
Minumum fee	46.00	(41.00)
(b) SE class per half-hectare or part thereof	22.00	(19.50)
(c) E class per half-hectare or part thereof:	22.00	(19.50)
Provided that, if the application for entry of crops is withdrawn before the arrival of an inspector for the purpose of inspecting the crop for the first time, the fee paid will be refunded to the applicant subject to payment of a reduced fee of £1.50 per half-hectare toa cover administration costs.
2. Fee for scientific testing of any one sample taken from a crop in respect of which an application has been made for classification.	135.00	—
3.  Fee for provision of seals and labels including official examination — all classes per tonne or part thereof—
(a) Labels without tie-holes	2.80	( 2.80)
(b) Labels with tie-holes and seals:	2.80	( 2.80)
Provided that, if labels are returned unused, the fee paid may be refunded subject to a payment of a reduced fee of 80p per tonne to cover administrative costs.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Scotland only and which revoke and supersede the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulation 1990, prescribe the fees payable in respect of certain matters arising under the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991.

The fees for crop inspection of all classes is increased by an average of 12½%.

The fees for the provision of labels and seals and the reduced fee for returned unused labels remain unaltered.

A new fee is introduced for scientific testing of samples from crops where required prior to classification.

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 5.

(2)

1990/1559.

(3)

1991/2206.

(4)

The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 which are revoked by these Regulations.