The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

PART 3 E+W Fees relating to the certification of seed potatoes and fruit plants and fruit plant propagating material

Seed potatoes: fees E+W

8.—(1) The fees specified in the table in Schedule 5 are payable in respect of the activities specified in column 1 of that table which relate to an application for the certification of seed potatoes in accordance with regulation 10 of the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 M1 .

(2) The fees specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 5 are payable subject to the minimum fees (if any) specified in the corresponding entries in column 3 of that table.

(3) The [F1 fees] specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 5 in respect of an inspection of [F2 growing crops for certification as Union grade PBTC and an inspection of harvested tubers are] payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection and any associated activities at the relevant premises.

(4) An additional fee of [F3 £15.76] is payable where a person submits an application for the certification of seed potatoes in paper form (and not online).

[F4 (4A) Where a person submits an application for the provision of printed labels, the following additional fee is payable—

(a) in the case of an application submitted online, £11.45;

(b) in the case of an application submitted in paper form, £15.61.]

(5) Any fees payable under this regulation are payable by the applicant.

(6) In paragraph (3), “relevant premises” means the premises at which [F5 the growing crops for certification as Union grade PBTC or] the harvested tubers to be inspected are located.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 8(3) substituted (21.5.2018) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/510), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(i)

F2 Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (21.5.2018) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/510), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)

F3 Sum in reg. 8(4) substituted (1.10.2019) by The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(5)(a)

F4 Reg. 8(4A) inserted (1.10.2019) by The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(5)(b)

F5 Words in reg. 8(6) inserted (21.5.2018) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/510), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2015/1953.

Fruit plants and fruit plant propagating material: fees E+W

9.—(1) The fee specified in paragraph (2) is payable in connection with an application for the certification of fruit plants and fruit plant propagating material in accordance with regulation 9 of the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 M2 .

[F6 (2) A fee of £26.00 per each 15 minutes (or part thereof) is payable in respect of time spent in carrying out an official examination and any associated activities at the relevant premises for the purposes of certifying the material, subject to a minimum fee of £52.00.]

(3) Any fees payable under this regulation are payable by the applicant.

(4) In paragraph (2), “relevant premises” means the premises at which the material to be certified is located.

Textual Amendments

F6 Reg. 9(2) substituted (1.10.2019) by The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(6)

Marginal Citations

M2 S.I. 2017/595.