The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Made: 10th July 2001

Coming into force: 16th July 2001

The National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001, shall apply to Wales and shall come into force on 16th July 2001.

Amendment

2

For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985[^f00002] there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00003]

John Marek — The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 10th July 2001

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). They also provide for fees to be charged for examinations for crop inspectors and seed samplers.

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. New fees have been introduced for crop examinations of crops produced from seed of a variety entered for but not added to the National List (or to the equivalent list in another Member State) intended to produce certified seed, certified seed of the first generation, certified seed of the second generation or certified seed of the third generation.

All fees have been increased by five per cent. rounded to the nearest five pence except in the case of the annual fee for Licensed Seed Testing Stations which has been rounded to the nearest £1.

A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared in accordance with section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998. Copies can be obtained from the National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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 (SI 1999/672) these functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1985/981; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/610 and 1999/1553 and 1865.

[^f00003]: 1998. c38.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/2005, amended by S.I. 1995/1482, 1997/616 and 1999/1860.

[^f00005]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001; where no figure is stated no fee was previously charged for the matter.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1993/2009, amended by S.I. 1993/2529, 1996/1453, 1997/616 and 1999/1864.

[^f00007]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001; where no figure is stated no fee was previously charged for the matter.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1993/2007, amended by S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451, 1997/616 and 1999/1862.

[^f00009]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001; where no figure is stated no fee was previously charged for the matter.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1993/2006, amended by S.I. 1997/616 and 1999/1861.

[^f00011]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001; where no figure is stated no fee was previously charged for the matter.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1993/2008, amended by S.I. 1996/1452, 1997/616 and 1999/1863.

[^f00013]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001; where no figure is stated no fee was previously charged for the matter.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1985/980, amended by S.I. 1987/1098, 1990/611 and 1993/2530.

[^f00015]: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2533 (W.210) on 16 July 2001.