Statutory Instruments
1993 No. 1641
PLANT HEALTH
The Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993
Made
30th June 1993
Laid before Parliament
1st July 1993
Coming into force
19th July 1993
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(2)(b), 2, 3(1) and 4(A) of the Plant Health Act 1967(1) and now vested in them(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 19th July 1993.
(2) In this Order “import licence” means a licence issued under article 30 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993(3).
Revocations
2. The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988(4) and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991(5) are hereby revoked.
Import fees
3. There shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of any service described in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order the fee prescribed in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to that service.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
L.S.
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
21st June 1993.
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
30th June 1993
We consent,
Tim Wood
Tim Kirkhope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
24th June 1993
Article 3
SCHEDULEFEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Service | Fee |
| £ | ||
| 1 | Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of the licence where appropriate | 275 |
| 2 | The inspection of articles imported for the purposes of a trade or business, being an inspection required by the terms of the import licence under which the articles were imported | 39 |
| 3 | Where the application for an import licence is for the import of articles for a scientific purpose and the number of types of article to be imported under the same licence exceeds 5, the inclusion of one type of article in the licence in addition to the first five | 8 |
| 4 | When an import licence is issued for the importation of articles for a scientific purpose, the variation of the licence so as to enable the importation of additional articles under that licence | 32 plus 8 for each article |
| 5 | The issue of an import licence for the importation of articles not for the purposes of a trade or business nor for a scientific purpose | 40 |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988 and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991 and re-enacts article 8 and Schedule 2 of the 1988 Order as amended. There is no change to the fees which were set in 1991.
1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8, and section 4A was inserted by the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), section 3.
In the case of the Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.
S.I. 1993/1320.
S.I. 1988/1427.
S.I. 1991/1640.