| Current fee (£) | New fee (£) |
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SCHEDULE 1 |
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A. Initial Fees |
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(i) | Initial fee per hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:— |
| (a) | Pre-Basic Seed or Basic Seed | | |
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| (b) | Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation or Certified Seed of the Third Generation | | |
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(ii) | Reduced initial fee per hectare or part thereof for applications referred to in sub-paragraph (i)(a) or (b) which are withdrawn before arrangements have been made for the purpose of an official examination. | 2.80 | 2.88 |
(iii) | Late application fee per crop payable in addition to initial fee under sub-paragraph (i)(a) or (b). | 29.52 | 30.41 |
B. Crop inspection fees |
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(i) | Official examination of crops other than hybrids of swede rape (per hectare or part thereof). | 19.14 | 19.71 |
(ii) | Official field inspection of hybrids of swede rape (per hectare or part thereof). | 57.42 | 59.14 |
(iii) | Further official examination of crops (per hectare or part thereof) except:— | 19.14 | 19.71 |
| (a) | further official examination of crops for wild oats | 8.81 | 9.07 |
| (b) | further official examination of crops in respect of isolation distance | 3.46 | 3.56 |
| (c) | further official examination of crops which have been lodged | 7.79 | 8.02 |
(iv) | Authentication of seed lot sown (per crop) | 7.79 | 8.02 |
(v) | Official examination of crops following an unsatisfactory official post control (per hectare or part thereof) | 19.14 | 19.71 |
(vi) | Additional fee payable for official examinations to be carried out by the Scottish Ministers instead of licensed crop inspectors | 29.52 | 30.41 |
C. Seed lot fee |
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Issuing an official certificate or a breeder's confirmation (except where paragraph D applies) in respect of a seed lot certifying the seed to be:— | | |
(i) | of a multiplication category | | |
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(ii) | of a final generation category | | |
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D. Seed lot re-entry fee |
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Issuing an official certificate or a breeder's confirmation in respect of a seed lot where, following an application for certification of the seed to be within one particular category, that application has been withdrawn and a new application has been submitted for certification of the seed within another category, as follows:— | | |
(i) | Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed or Certified Seed of the First Generation | 35.63 | 36.70 |
(ii) | Certified Seed of the Second Generation or Certified Seed of the Third Generation | 17.76 | 18.29 |
E. Sampling Fees |
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Sampling or re-sampling of a seed lot for the purposes of an official examination, and for sampling or re-sampling imported seed intended for further multiplication. | 51.02 | 52.55 |
F. Official label fees |
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Fee per seed lot for the issue and printing of a:— | | |
(i) | tear resistant label for breeder's confirmation seed, Pre-basic Seed or seed for export | 41.23 | 42.47 |
(ii) | self-adhesive label for breeder's confirmation seed, Pre-basic Seed or seed for export | 28.50 | 29.36 |
G. OECD Certificate | | |
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Issuing an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Certificate. | 25.45 | 26.21 |
H. Higher Voluntary Standard |
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Verifying that a seed lot meets applicable higher voluntary standards (per seed lot). | 7.13 | 7.34 |
SCHEDULE 2 |
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A. Representations by, and hearings of, a licensed professional seed operator, licensed crop inspector, licensed seed sampler or personnel pertaining to a licensed seed testing station |
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(i) | Fee for making written representations to the Scottish Ministers | 33.95 | 34.97 |
(ii) | Fee for being heard by a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers | 67.95 | 69.99 |
B. Licensed seed testing stations |
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(i) | Annual fee payable during the currency of the licence (or a proportion thereof in respect of a part of a year) | 1650.00 | 1699.50 |
(ii) | Fee payable by a licensed seed testing station in respect of an official examination of seed | 7.63 | 7.63 |
C. Cereal crop inspection courses and examination |
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(i) | Cereal crop inspection course | 629.12 | 647.99 |
(ii) | Initial Examination and compulsory re-test: | | |
| (a) | all 3 species groups | 98.44 | 101.39 |
| (b) | 2 species | 72.48 | 74.65 |
| (c) | 1 species only | 36.24 | 37.33 |
D. Seed sampling courses and examination |
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(i) | Tuition and examination for seed samplers licence (administrative and sampling elements) | 422.47 | 435.14 |
(ii) | Tuition and examination for seed samplers licence (administrative element only) | 126.74 | 130.54 |
(iii) | Re-examination fee for seed samplers licence (with sampling function enabled) | 36.95 | 38.06 |
(iv) | Re-examination fee for seed samplers licence (with sampling function not enabled) | 10.59 | 10.91 |
E. Seed analyst courses and examination |
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(i) | Laboratory management course registration | 1,112.67 | 1,146.05 |
(ii) | Laboratory management course attendance and examination (per day or part thereof) | 419.42 | 432.00 |
(iii) | Analyst course registration | 1,841.56 | 1,896.81 |
(iv) | Analyst course registration – additional and retake divisions (per division) | 179.17 | 184.55 |
(v) | Analyst course attendance (per day or part thereof) | 419.42 | 432.00 |
(vi) | Analyst course examination (per day or part thereof) | 419.42 | 432.00 |
(vii) | Tetrazolium testing course attendance (per day or part thereof) | 433.67 | 446.68 |
(viii) | Tetrazolium testing course examination (per day or part thereof) | 433.67 | 446.68 |