Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 26

The Plant Health (Licence Fees) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 26

PLANT HEALTH

The Plant Health (Licence Fees) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated^[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement, extent and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Licence Fees) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st February 1996.

    (2)  These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

    (3)  In these Regulations—
"growing medium" and "soil" have the meanings ascribed to them by the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993^[3]; and
"licence" means a licence under article 30 or 30A of that Order.

Revocation
    2.    The Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993^[4] is hereby revoked.

Fees
    3.    There shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of each application or inspection of a type described in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations the fee prescribed in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to that type of application or inspection.

Tim Boswell

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

10th January 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

9th January 1996

[1] S.I. 1972/1811. back

[2] 1972 c. 68. back

[3] S.I. 1993/1320, amended by S.I. 1993/3213, 1995/1358, 2929. back

[4] S.I. 1993/1641. back

Explanatory Note