LegalizeThe Plant Health (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Made: 5 June 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 12 June 2012
Coming into force: 6 July 2012
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Title, application, commencement and interpretation
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Import inspection fees
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Seed potatoes: fees
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Plant health licence fees
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Plant passport authorisation fees
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Potatoes originating in Egypt: fees
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1 — Import Inspection Fees
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant, plant product or other object | Quantity | Fee for each consignment (daytime working hours) (£) | Fee for each consignment (non-daytime working hours) (£) |
| Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables | up to 10,000 in number | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 1,000, or part thereof | 1.88, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 2.81, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed) | up to 1,000 in number | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 100, or part thereof | 1.15, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 1.73, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes) | up to 200 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 10 kg, or part thereof | 0.43, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 0.64, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Seeds, tissue cultures | up to 100 kg | 20.13 | 30.20 |
| each additional 10 kg, or part thereof | 0.46, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 0.69, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this Schedule | up to 5,000 in number | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 100, or part thereof | 0.46, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 0.69, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Cut flowers | up to 20,000 in number | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 1,000, or part thereof | 0.36, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 0.54, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees) | up to 100 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 100 kg, or part thereof | 4.67, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 7.01, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Cut Christmas trees | up to 1,000 in number | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 100, or part thereof | 4.67, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 7.01, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables | up to 100 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 10 kg, or part thereof | 4.67, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 7.01, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables) | up to 25,000 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 1,000 kg, or part thereof | 1.88 | 2.81 | |
| Tubers of potatoes | up to 25,000 kg | 140.94 (for each lot) | 211.41 (for each lot) |
| each additional 25,000 kg, or part thereof | 140.94 (for each lot) | 211.41 (for each lot) | |
| Soil and growing medium, bark | up to 25,000 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 1,000 kg, or part thereof | 1.88, up to a maximum of 375.84 | 2.81, up to a maximum of 563.76 | |
| Grain | up to 25,000 kg | 46.98 | 70.47 |
| each additional 1,000 kg, or part thereof | 1.88, up to a maximum of 1879.19 | 2.81, up to a maximum of 2818.78 | |
| Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this Schedule, except forest trees | each consignment | 46.98 | 70.47 |
SCHEDULE 2 — Import Inspection Fees: Reduced Rates
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
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| Genus | Quantity | Country of origin | Fee for each consignment (daytime working hours) (£) | Fee for each consignment (non-daytime working hours) (£) |
| Cut Flowers | Cut Flowers | Cut Flowers | Cut Flowers | Cut Flowers |
| Dianthus | up to 20,000 in number | Colombia | 2.35 | 3.52 |
| Ecuador | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| Kenya | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| Turkey | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| each additional 1,000 or part thereof | Colombia | 0.02, up to a maximum of 18.79 | 0.03, up to a maximum of 28.19 | |
| Ecuador | 0.04, up to a maximum of 37.58 | 0.07, up to a maximum of 56.38 | ||
| Kenya | 0.02, up to a maximum of 18.79 | 0.03, up to a maximum of 28.19 | ||
| Turkey | 0.10, up to a maximum of 93.96 | 0.15, up to a maximum of 140.94 | ||
| Rosa | up to 20,000 in number | Colombia | 1.41 | 2.11 |
| Ecuador | 1.41 | 2.11 | ||
| Ethiopia | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| Kenya | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| Tanzania | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| Uganda | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| Zambia | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| each additional 1,000 or part thereof | Colombia | 0.01, up to a maximum of 11.28 | 0.01, up to a maximum of 16.91 | |
| Ecuador | 0.01, up to a maximum of 11.28 | 0.01, up to a maximum of 16.91 | ||
| Ethiopia | 0.02, up to a maximum of 18.79 | 0.03, up to a maximum of 28.19 | ||
| Kenya | 0.02, up to a maximum of 18.79 | 0.03, up to a maximum of 28.19 | ||
| Tanzania | 0.04, up to a maximum of 37.58 | 0.07, up to a maximum of 56.38 | ||
| Uganda | 0.07, up to a maximum of 93.96 | 0.10, up to a maximum of 140.94 | ||
| Zambia | 0.07, up to a maximum of 93.96 | 0.10, up to a maximum of 140.94 | ||
| Branches with foliage | Branches with foliage | Branches with foliage | Branches with foliage | Branches with foliage |
| Phoenix | up to 100 kg | Costa Rica | 16.44 | 24.66 |
| each additional 100 kg or part thereof | Costa Rica | 1.63, up to a maximum of 131.54 | 2.45, up to a maximum of 197.32 | |
| Fruit | Fruit | Fruit | Fruit | Fruit |
| Citrus | up to 25,000 kg | Egypt | 7.05 | 10.57 |
| Israel | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| Mexico | 7.05 | 10.57 | ||
| Morocco | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| Peru | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| Turkey | 1.41 | 2.11 | ||
| Uruguay | 7.05 | 10.57 | ||
| USA | 7.05 | 10.57 | ||
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Egypt | 0.26 | 0.39 | |
| Israel | 0.19 | 0.28 | ||
| Mexico | 0.26 | 0.39 | ||
| Morocco | 0.07 | 0.10 | ||
| Peru | 0.47 | 0.70 | ||
| Turkey | 0.03 | 0.05 | ||
| Uruguay | 0.26 | 0.39 | ||
| USA | 0.26 | 0.39 | ||
| Malus | up to 25,000 kg | Argentina | 4.70 | 7.05 |
| Brazil | 7.05 | 10.57 | ||
| Chile | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| China | 23.49 | 35.23 | ||
| New Zealand | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| South Africa | 2.35 | 3.52 | ||
| USA | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Argentina | 0.19 | 0.28 | |
| Brazil | 0.28 | 0.42 | ||
| Chile | 0.09 | 0.14 | ||
| China | 0.94 | 1.40 | ||
| New Zealand | 0.19 | 0.28 | ||
| South Africa | 0.09 | 0.14 | ||
| USA | 0.47 | 0.70 | ||
| Passiflora | up to 25,000 kg | Colombia | 4.70 | 7.05 |
| Kenya | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| South Africa | 23.49 | 35.23 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 16.44 | 24.66 | ||
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Colombia | 0.16 | 0.25 | |
| Kenya | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| South Africa | 0.92 | 1.38 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 0.63 | 0.94 | ||
| Prunus | up to 25,000 kg | Argentina | 16.44 | 24.66 |
| Chile | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| South Africa | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| Turkey | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| USA | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Argentina | 0.63 | 0.94 | |
| Chile | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| South Africa | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| Turkey | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| USA | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| Pyrus | up to 25,000 kg | Argentina | 4.70 | 7.05 |
| Chile | 11.74 | 17.62 | ||
| China | 16.44 | 24.66 | ||
| South Africa | 4.70 | 7.05 | ||
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Argentina | 0.16 | 0.25 | |
| Chile | 0.47 | 0.70 | ||
| China | 0.66 | 0.98 | ||
| South Africa | 0.16 | 0.25 | ||
| Vegetables | Vegetables | Vegetables | Vegetables | Vegetables |
| Solanum melongena | up to 25,000 kg | Turkey | 4.70 | 7.05 |
| each additional 1,000 kg or part thereof | Turkey | 0.16 | 0.25 |
SCHEDULE 3 — Import Inspection Fees: Documentary and Identity Checks
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Check | Quantity | Fee (£) |
| Documentary | each consignment | 5.36 |
| Identity | each consignment up to the size of a truck load, a railway wagon load or the load of a container of comparable size | 5.36 |
| each consignment bigger than the above size | 10.71 |
SCHEDULE 4 — Seed Potatoes: Fees
| Column 1 | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Function | Function | Fee[^f01000] (£) | Minimum fee (£) |
| 1 Of the rates listed in this column and in column 3, those that are marked with an asterisk are per hour or part of an hour, and those not so marked are per half-hectare or part of half-hectare. | |||
| Inspection of growing crops and provision of labels and seals in respect of applications | Inspection of growing crops and provision of labels and seals in respect of applications | Inspection of growing crops and provision of labels and seals in respect of applications | Inspection of growing crops and provision of labels and seals in respect of applications |
| Certification as pre-basic seed potato | Certification as pre-basic seed potato | 122.57* | n/a |
| Certification as basic seed potato, classified as: | super elite 1, super elite 2 or super elite 3 | 61.29 | 122.57 |
| elite 1, elite 2 or elite 3 | 61.29 | 122.57 | |
| A | 58.26 | 116.52 | |
| Certification as certified seed potato | Certification as certified seed potato | 52.96 | 105.93 |
| Authorisation to market seed potatoes | Authorisation to market seed potatoes | 122.57* | n/a |
| Inspection of harvested tubers | Inspection of harvested tubers | Inspection of harvested tubers | Inspection of harvested tubers |
| Up to two inspections | Up to two inspections | 18.16 | 36.32 |
| Third and subsequent inspections | Third and subsequent inspections | 122.57* | n/a |
SCHEDULE 5 — Plant Health Licence Fees
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Item | Type of application or inspection | Fee (£) |
| 1 | Application for a licence other than a licence covered by item 2 or 3 | 781.27 |
| 2 | Application for a licence in respect of soil or other growing medium for analysis | 563.54 |
| 3 | Application for a licence for scientific or trial purposes covering 5 or more types of article | 781.27, plus 30.74 per type of article in excess of 5 |
| 4 | Application for renewal or variation of a licence with changes requiring scientific or technical assessment | 256.15 |
| 5 | Application for renewal of a licence with no changes, or for renewal or variation of a licence with only minor changes requiring no scientific or technical assessment | 30.74 |
| 6 | Inspection and associated activities (including travelling time and office time) for monitoring compliance with licence terms and conditions | 42.06 per hour or part of an hour |
Signed
John Griffiths — Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, one of the Welsh Ministers — 5 June 2012
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: By virtue of Article 3 of the European Communities (Designation) (No.5) Order 2010, S.I. 2010/2690.
[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.
[^f00003]: 1973 c. 51. Subsection (6) of section 56 was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18).
[^f00004]: By virtue of section 59(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 c. 32.
[^f00005]: OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2010/1/EU (OJ No L 7, 12.1.2010, p.17).
[^f00006]: S.I. 2006/1643 (W.158).
[^f00007]: 1971 c. 80; see section 1and Schedule 1.
[^f00008]: S.I. 2006/2929 (W.264).
[^f00009]: S.I. 2006/1344 (W.134).
[^f00010]: OJ No L 319, 2.12.2011, p.112.
[^f00011]: S.I. 1996/26.
[^f00012]: S.I. 2004/2245 (W.209).
[^f00013]: S.I. 2006/2961 (W.267).
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