2000 No.719 (W.26)

SEEDS, WALES

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000

Made.

Coming into force.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 19641 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”)2, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to the National Assembly to be concerned, the National Assembly makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application1

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 7th March 2000.

Amendment2

At the end of Schedule 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 19853 the following wording shall be inserted —

C. Examination fees4

i

Examination for crop inspector in respect of

  • cereals,

  • field beans, field peas and pulses, or

  • grasses and herbage legumes,

a

examination

Before the examination

142.80

(–)

b

re-sit examination (other than cereals)

Before the examination

142.80

(–)

c

re-sit of either part of cereals examination

Before the examination

71.40

(–)

d

re-test

Before the examination

71.40

(–)

ii

Examination for crop inspector in respect of

  • sugar beet, or

  • Fodder and oil crucifers; turnips; fodder beet and mangels; flax and linseed; soya bean,

a

examination

Before the examination

89.25

(–)

b

re-sit of examination

Before the examination

89.25

(–)

c

re-test

Before the examination

71.40

(–)

iii

Examination for seed sampler

Before the examination

89.25

(–)

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19985

Dafydd Elis ThomasThe Presiding Officer

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply only to Wales, amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 (as amended). The amendment provides for fees to be charged for examinations taken by crop inspectors and seed samplers (regulation 2).