- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1022
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998
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| Made | 8th April 1998 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 9th April 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 8th May 1998 |
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[1], as extended to Northern Ireland[2], after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998.
Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994
2. For the Schedules to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994[3] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Donoughue
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th April 1998
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
8th April 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
7th April 1998
Dubs
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
8th April 1998
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| Plant Variety | New fee | Old fee |
| £ | £(1) | |
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1.
Any variety |
260 | (250) |
(1) Note: The figure in italics is the fee which was charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/676 as amended by S.I. 1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
Regulation 3(1)(b)
| Plant Variety | New fee | Old fee |
| £ | £(2) | |
| 1. A cereal (excluding maize) variety | 710 | (685) |
| 2. A maize variety | 435 | (420) |
| 3. A potato variety | 660 | (640) |
| 4. A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot, celery, curly kale, leek, onion, radish, turnip or fodder variety | 615 | (595) |
| 5. A field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean variety | 530 | (510) |
| 6. A herbage variety | 435 | (420) |
| 7. An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) variety | 435 | (420) |
| 8. A sugar beet or fodder beet variety | 170 | (165) |
| 9. Any other variety | 220 | (215) |
(2)Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/676 as amended by S.I. 1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
| Plant Variety | New fee | Old fee |
| £ | £(3) | |
| 1. A maize variety | 510 | (495) |
| 2. A potato variety | 900 | (870) |
| 3. A ryegrass, timothy or white clover variety | 360 | (350) |
| 4. A field pea variety | 735 | (710) |
| 5. A flax or linseed variety | 345 | (335) |
| 6. A sugar beet variety | 395 | (380) |
| 7. A festulolium variety | 360 | (350) |
| 8. A wheat (excluding durum wheat and spelt wheat), barley or oat variety | 1,160 | (1,120) |
| 9. A field bean variety | 340 | (330) |
| 10. A spring oilseed rape variety | 725 | (700) |
| 11. A winter oilseed rape variety | 760 | (735) |
| Plant Variety | New fee | Old fee |
| £ | £(4) | |
| 1. A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) | 160 | (155) |
| 2. Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) | 260 | (250) |
(4)Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/676 as amended by S.I. 1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
| Matter | When payable | New fee | Old fee |
| £ | £(5) | ||
| 1. Application for the substitution of a name in a National List | On making the application | 30 | (25) |
| 2. Making written representations to the Ministers | On delivering the representations | 30 | (25) |
| 3. Attending to be heard by a person appointed by the Ministers | Before the hearing | 55 | (50) |
| 4. Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country | Within 14 days of demand by the Minister | 150 | (180) |
| 5. Observation plot-trials for value for cultivation and use | Within 14 days of demand by the Minister | 130 | (125) |
| 6. Entry in a National List | Before entry in a National List | 115 | (110) |
(5)Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/676 as amended by S.I. 1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1022) on 8th May 1998."
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (as amended) so as to prescribe revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982 (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.
Application, test, trial, observation plot, award and renewal fees have been increased by 3.5 per cent, rounded to the nearest £5. The fee for the purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country has been decreased to accord with the international charge of 350 Swiss Francs. Other fees in Schedule 5 have been increased by £5.
A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 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 and as read with section 39(3)(a)(ii)) for the definition of "the Ministers".back
[2] S.I. 1964/1574 and S.I. 1973/609.back
[3] S.I. 1994/676, amended by S.I. 1995/607 and 1997/383.back
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