The Seed Potatoes (Tuber Inspection Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Seed Potatoes (Tuber Inspection Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 28th August 2006.

(2) In these Regulations:

“official document” means a document which complies with the requirements set out in Part II of Schedule 4 and which is supplied by or on behalf of either the Department or the authority concerned;

“official label” shall have the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1);

“the Seed Potatoes Regulations” refers to the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.

Revocation

2.  The following are revoked—

(a) The Seed Potatoes (Tuber and Label Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982(2); and

(b) The Seed Potatoes (Tuber and Label Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(3).

Fees

3.  There shall be paid in respect of matters arising under the Seed Potatoes Regulations:

(a) on demand, fees referred to at 1 in the Schedule;

(i) from the person exporting seed potatoes as indicted on the package or container in accordance with regulation 10(2) and Schedule 5, Part II of the Seed Potatoes Regulations when seed potatoes are intended for export from Northern Ireland; or

(ii) from the person requesting the inspection when the potatoes are not intended for export from Northern Ireland; or

(b) in advance, by the person, to who the official labels or official documents, are supplied.

4.  The fees as specified in regulation 3 shall be payable to the Department.

5.  Where the fees for tuber inspection and labels were separate in previous Regulations, these have now been combined, as per the Schedule.

Exemptions

6.  The Department may exempt any class of person or persons generally from compliance in whole or in part with the provisions of these Regulations; in relation to payment of fees any exemptions so made may be subject to conditions.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 19th April 2006.

L.S.

Liam McKibben

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development