The Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993

Made30th June 1993

Laid before Parliament1st July 1993

Coming into force19th July 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(2)(b), 2, 3(1) and 4(A) of the Plant Health Act 19671 and now vested in them2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:

Title, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 19th July 1993.

2

In this Order “import licence” means a licence issued under article 30 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 19933.

Revocations2

The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 19884 and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 19915 are hereby revoked.

Import fees3

There shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of any service described in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order the fee prescribed in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to that service.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

Gillian ShephardMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food21st June 1993.

John RedwoodSecretary of State for Wales30th June 1993

We consent,

Tim WoodTim KirkhopeTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury24th June 1993

SCHEDULEFEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES

Article 3

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Service	Fee
		£
1	Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of the licence where appropriate	275
2	The inspection of articles imported for the purposes of a trade or business, being an inspection required by the terms of the import licence under which the articles were imported	39
3	Where the application for an import licence is for the import of articles for a scientific purpose and the number of types of article to be imported under the same licence exceeds 5, the inclusion of one type of article in the licence in addition to the first five	8
4	When an import licence is issued for the importation of articles for a scientific purpose, the variation of the licence so as to enable the importation of additional articles under that licence	32 plus 8 for each article
5	The issue of an import licence for the importation of articles not for the purposes of a trade or business nor for a scientific purpose	40

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988 and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991 and re-enacts article 8 and Schedule 2 of the 1988 Order as amended. There is no change to the fees which were set in 1991.