1990 No. 1052

PLANT HEALTH

The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1990

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2)(b), 2, 3(1) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 19671 and now vested in them2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:

Title, extent, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1990, shall apply to England and Wales and shall come into force on 1st June 1990.

2

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 19883.

Amendment of the principal Order2

For Schedule 2 to the principal Order (fees in respect of import licensing services) there shall be substituted the provisions of the Schedule to this Order.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 10th May 1990.

John Selwyn GummerMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
David HuntSecretary of State for Wales

We consent,

John MajorDavid LightbownTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER

Article 2

SCHEDULE 2FEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES

Article 8

(1) Item

(2) Service

(3) Fee

(4) Old fee

£

£(a)

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

215

(180)

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

37

(33)

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

6

(5)

4

Where 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

25 plus 6 for each article

(21 plus 5 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

31

(26)

(a) The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under this Order before the coming into force of the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/).

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988 by substituting a new Schedule for Schedule 2 to that Order. The new Schedule prescribes increased fees in respect of import licensing services.