2006 No. 264
SEEDS

The Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1) and (1A)(e) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 19641 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 12th June 2006.

Amendment to the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 20052.

In the Schedule to the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 20052, for the entries in paragraph 6 (fees for nuclear stock), columns 1 and 2, substitute the entries in the following table–

Column 1

Column 2

Matter

Fee

6.

Fees for nuclear stock–

(a)

initiation of new nuclear stock;

£159.00 (6 microplants)

(b)

provision of in vitro maintained nuclear stock; and

£46.00 (6 microplants)

(c)

in vitro maintenance of nuclear stock.

£65.00 annual fee (per variety)

ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 12th June 2006, amend the Seed Potatoes (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”), which set fees payable to the Scottish Ministers for certain matters arising under the Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2000. These Regulations substitute new fees for nuclear stock in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the 2005 Regulations as follows (regulation 2)–

Matter

Old Fee

New Fee

Fees for nuclear stock–

(a)

initiation of new nuclear stock;

£152.00 (6 microplants)

£159.00 (6 microplants)

(b)

provision of in vitro maintained nuclear stock; and

£44.00 (6 microplants)

£46.00 (6 microplants)

(c)

in vitro maintenance of nuclear stock.

£62.00 annual fee (per variety)

£65.00 annual fee (per variety)

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations.