The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Scotland) Order 1992

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 FEES IN RESPECT OF EXPORT CERTIFICATION SERVICES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Service	Fee	Old Fee
	£	£
1.  The taking of one soil sample from a field or part of a field comprising not more than 4 hectares, or from a glass-house or container— (a) for the first sample taken on any day, where no other chargeable visit is being made	69.00	69.00
(b) for the first sample taken on any day, where another chargeable visit is being made	32.00	32.00
(c) for the second and each subsequent sample taken on the same day as the first sample	32.00	32.00
2.  Growing season inspection of— (a) up to 0.5 of a hectare of bulbs, per day	45.00	45.00
each additional 0.5 of a hectare of part thereof of bulbs up to 14 hectares, per day	23.00	23.00
(b) up to 0.4 of a hectare of outdoor plants other than bulbs, per day	45.00	45.00
each additional 0.4 of a hectare or part thereof of outdoor plants other than bulbs up to 11 hectares, per day	23.00	23.00
(c) up to 5,000 indoor plants, per day	45.00	45.00
each additional 5,000 indoor plants up to 70,000 per day	23.00	23.00
3.  Consideration of an application for official labels in connection with the issue of one certificate for the export of seed potatoes, per tonne or part thereof	3.00	2.80
4.  Consideration of an application for the issue of one certificate for the export of— (a) grain, per 100 tonnes or part thereof (i) in bulk form	11.00	10.00
(ii) in bags	15.00	15.00
(b) frozen vegetables, frozen fruit, tea and seed samples, per consignment	17.00	17.00
(c) plants or plant products, where no inspection is required	11.00	11.00
5.  Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of bulbs and other plants and plant products, including seed potatoes where an official label is not required, where an inspection at the premises of the grower or exporter is necessary and where— (a) the value of the consignment is up to and including £10 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research	1.00	1.00
(b) but the value of the consignment is more than £10 but not more than £50.00 whether or not the consignment comprises items	7.50	6.00
(c) the value of the consignment is more than £50.00 but not more than £150.00 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research	20.00	16.00
(d) the value of the consignment is more than £150.00 and the consignment comprises items for botanical research	26.00	21.00
(e) the value of the consignment is more than £150.00 but not more than £300.00 and the consignment does not comprise items for botanical research	32.50	26.00
(f) the value of the consigment is more than £300 and the consignment does not comprise items for botanical research	62.00	50.00
6.  Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of a small consignment of plants and plant products where no inspection at the premises of the grower or exporter is necessary and where— (a) the value of the consignment is up to and including £10 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research	1.00	1.00
(b) the value of the consignment is more than £10 but not more than £50.00 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research	7.50	6.00
(c) the value of the consignment is more than £50.00 but not more than £150.00 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research	20.00	16.00
(d) the value of the consignment is more than £150.00 and the consignment comprises items for botanical research	26.00	21.00
7.  Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of used agricultural machinery (such inspection being for traces of soil or plant debris)	62.00	50.00
8.  Pre-export testing of one soil sample for the issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of seed potoatoes where such testing is necessary	22.50	—
9.  Pre-export inspection and the issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of seed potatoes	16.00	—

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 FEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Service	Fee	Old Fee
	£	£
Note: The figures in Column 3 are the fees which were charged under the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Scotland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1960) before the coming into force of this Order.
1.  Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of a licence for articles imported for the following purposes, whether or not an inspection is required:— (a) scientific	40.00	40.00
(b) commercial (i) potato breeders' and other quarantine material	40.00	40.00
(ii) other plant material	30.00	30.00
(c) private	25.00	25.00
2.  The inspection of articles for import, per day (a) up to and including the first 30 minutes	40.00	40.00
(b) thereafter, for each additional 30 minutes or part thereof	20.00	20.00