Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 676

SEEDS

The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994

Made

9th March 1994

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1994

Coming into force

1st April 1994

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for North ern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section s 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) as extended to Northern Ireland(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement U.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.1994, see reg. 1

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964;

[F1 “the appropriate authority” means the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and the Scottish Ministers, acting jointly;]

[F1 “DAERA” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;]

[F1 “GB Variety List” means a list of plant varieties prepared and published in accordance with the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;]

“maintainer” means a person indicated in a [F2 GB Variety List or a NI Variety List] as responsible for the maintenance of a plant variety;

F3 ...

F3 ...

[F4 “NI Variety List” means a list of plant varieties prepared and published by DAERA in accordance with legislation having effect corresponding to that of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;]

“plant breeders rights” means rights which may be granted in accordance with Part I of the Act, and “plant breeders rights scheme” means a scheme made under that Part of the Act to enable a grant of such rights;

F3 ...

[F5 “the relevant authority” means, in relation to Great Britain, the appropriate authority and, in relation to Northern Ireland, DAERA;]

[F5 “the relevant legislation” means, in relation to Great Britain, the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 and, in relation to Northern Ireland, any legislation having effect corresponding to that of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;]

“renewal fee” means a fee payable in respect of the retention of a plant variety in a [F6 GB Variety List or a NI Variety List].

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(b)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(c)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(d)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(e)

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(2)(f)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.1994, see reg. 1

Payment of fees U.K.

3.—(1)  [F7 A person making an application under the relevant legislation must pay to the relevant authority in respect of matters arising under that legislation—]

F8 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) the fees payable in respect of the matters referred to in the first column of Schedule 5, being the new fees set out in the third column of the said Schedule 5 opposite the respective references to those matters, such fees being payable at the times specified in respect of each such matter in the second column of the said Schedule 5.

F9 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10 (2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(3)

F8 Reg. 3(1)(a)-(d) revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b) (with reg. 24(15))

F9 Reg. 3(2) revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b) (with reg. 24(15))

F10 Reg. 3(2A) revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b) (with reg. 24(15))

F11 Reg. 3(3) omitted (1.4.1997) by virtue of The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/383), regs. 1, 2(a)(ii)

F12 Reg. 3(4) revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b) (with reg. 24(15))

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.1994, see reg. 1

Renewal fees U.K.

F13 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F13 Reg. 4 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.1994, see reg. 1

Revocation U.K.

5.  The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990(3), the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991(4) and the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993(5) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.1994, see reg. 1

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

L.S.

Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

Patrick Mayhew

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Regulation 3(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 U.K.FEES PAYABLE ON AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF A PLANT VARIETY IN A NATIONAL LIST

F14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 1 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Regulation 3(1)(b)

SCHEDULE 2 U.K.FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF TESTS FOR DISTINCTNESS, UNIFORMITY AND STABILITY OF A PLANT VARIETY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY IN A NATIONAL LIST

F15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 2 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Regulation 3(1)(c)

SCHEDULE 3 U.K.FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF TRIALS FOR VALUE FOR CULTIVATION AND USE OF A PLANT VARIETY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY IN A NATIONAL LIST

F16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 3 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Regulation 3(1)(d)

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. RENEWAL FEES

F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 4 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Regulation 3(1)(e)

[F18 SCHEDULE 5 U.K. FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OTHER MATTERS

Textual Amendments

F18 Schs. 1-5 substituted (30.4.1999) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1090), reg. 1, Sch.

		Amount
Matter	When payable	New Fee	Old Fee
		£	£(*)
(*) The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1090) on 30th April 1999.]
F19 1. . . .	F19 . . .	F19 . . .	F19 . . .
2.   Making written representations to [F20 relevant authority]	On delivering the representations	30	(30)
3.   Attending to be heard by a person appointed by [F20 relevant authority]	Before the hearing	60	(55)
F21 4. . . .	F21 . . .	F21 . . .	F21 . . .
F22 5. . . .	F22 . . .	F22 . . .	F22 . . .
F23 6. . . .	F23 . . .	F23 . . .	F23 . . .

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 5 para. 1 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

F20 Words in Sch. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(4)

F21 Sch. 5 para. 4 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

F22 Sch. 5 para. 5 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

F23 Sch. 5 para. 6 revoked (1.12.2001) by The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3510), regs. 1, 24(1)(b)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact, with amendments, the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990, as amended. They prescribe fees in respect of various matters arising under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982, as amended (regulation 3 and Schedules 1 to 5).

Application and Renewal fees have bee reduced by approximately 10 per cent. Test fees have been reduced by approximately 20%. Other fees are unchanged except that trial fees have been reintroduced (Schedule 3).

The Regulations continue to make provision for the non-payment of fees by an applicant who has paid the fees prescribed by regulations made under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 in respect of tests carried out on his behalf for the purposes of a grant of plant breeders' rights in respect of the same variety (regulation 3(2)). They also provide that, in relation to certain varieties, the payment of a fee in respect of trials for value for cultivation and use need only be made when the seeds used for such trials are sown on or before 31st May 1994 (regulation 3(3)).

A Compliance Cost Assessment has been prepared and a copy has been placed in the library of the House.

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I.1978/272) for the definition of “the Ministers” and section 39(3)(a) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland.

(2)

By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/609).

(3)

S.I. 1990/617.

(4)

S.I. 1991/657.

(5)

S.I. 1993/416.