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Charges for the issue of certificates and the provisions of services

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), there is to be paid to the National Assembly—

(a)in respect of the services referred to in the first column of Schedule 3, the fee set out opposite in the second column of that Schedule; and

(b)in respect of a pre-export service, the fee set out in the second column of Schedule 4.

(2) A small exporter must pay to the National Assembly—

(a) in respect of the services referred to in the first column of Schedule 3 either—

(i)the fee set out opposite in the third column of Schedule 3; or

(ii)if the sum total of fees in respect of any services under this Order for which he or she has become liable during the financial year in which his or her application is made exceeds £250, the fee set out in the second column of Schedule 3; and

(b)in respect of a pre-export service either—

(i)the fee set out in the third column of Schedule 4; or

(ii)if the sum total of fees in respect of any services under this Order for which he or she has become liable during the financial year in which his or her application is made exceeds £250, the fee set out in the second column of Schedule 4.

(3) In this article, “small exporter” (“allforiwr bach”) means a person who, in the financial year in which his or her application is made—

(a)is not a taxable person for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994(1); or

(b)makes no taxable supply of plants, plant products, seeds, soil or agricultural machinery for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994; or

(c)did not export in the previous financial year goods accompanied by a certificate the total value of which was £5,000 or more.