The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1865

SEEDS

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

Made

29th June 1999

Laid before Parliament

30th June 1999

Coming into force

30th July 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1), after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th July 1999.

Amendment

2.  After regulation 3 (fees) of the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985(2) there shall be inserted–

“4.   Regulation 3 above shall apply to matters listed in column (1) of Schedules 1 to 6 arising in relation to breeder’s confirmations as it does to matters so listed arising in relation to official certificates.”.

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

29th June 1999

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

29th June 1999

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

29th June 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985, as amended, to provide that the same fees shall be payable in relation to breeder’s confirmations as are payable in relation to official certificates.

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for a definition of “the Ministers”.

(2)

S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/610 and 1999/1553.