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2002 No. 1563

SEEDS, ENGLAND

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

  Made 12th June 2002 
  Laid before Parliament 28th June 2002 
  Coming into force 23rd July 2002 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) 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 her to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 23rd July 2002.

Amendment
    
2. For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985[2] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.


Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

12th June 2002



SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


PROVISIONS TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULES TO THE SEEDS (FEES) REGULATIONS 1985









EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 (as amended). They prescribe revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Beet Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended), the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 (as amended) and the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985 (as amended) (regulation 2).

The matters in respect of which the revised fees are prescribed are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations, and the fees which were chargeable before these Regulations came into force are printed in italics beside the revised fees.

All fees have been increased by 5 per cent. rounded to the nearest five pence except in the case of the annual fee for Licensed Seed Testing Stations which has been reduced by £335.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LF.


Notes:

[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 Minister". Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State; and under article 2(a) and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) these functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. In respect of the Secretary of State, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Dissolution Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).back

[2] S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/610, 1999/1553, 1865 and 2698, 2000/1542 and 2001/2598.back

[3] S.I. 1993/2005, amended by S.I. 1995/1482, 1997/616, 1999/1860 and 2196 and 2000/1793.back

[4] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back

[5] S.I. 1993/2009, amended by S.I. 1993/2529, 1996/1453, 1997/616, 1999/1864 and 2000/1792.back

[6] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back

[7] S.I. 1993/2007, amended by S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451, 1997/616, 1999/1862 and 2000/1789.back

[8] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back

[9] S.I. 1993/2006, amended by S.I. 1997/616, 1999/1861 and 2000/1791.back

[10] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back

[11] S.I. 1993/2006, amended by S.I. 1997/616, 1999/1861 and 2000/1791.back

[12] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back

[13] S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611 and 1993/2530.back

[14] The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1563) on 23rd July 2002.back



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  Prepared 12 July 2002


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