1998 No. 1022
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1), (1A)(e) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 19641, as extended to Northern Ireland2, 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 commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998.
Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 19942
For the Schedules to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 19943 there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
SCHEDULESCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULES TO THE SEEDS (NATIONAL LISTS OF VARIETIES) (FEES) REGULATIONS 1994
SCHEDULE 1FEES PAYABLE ON AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF A PLANT VARIETY IN A NATIONAL LIST
Amount
Plant Variety
New fee
Old fee
£
£(*)
1
Any variety
260
(250)
Note:
(*)The figure in italics is the fee which was charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/676 as amended by S.I.1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I.1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
SCHEDULE 2FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF TESTS FOR DISTINCTNESS, UNIFORMITY AND STABILITY OF A PLANT VARIETY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF AN APPLI CATION FOR ENTRY IN A NATIONAL LIST
Amount
Plant Variety
New fee
Old fee
£
£(*)
1
A cereal (excluding maize) variety
710
(685)
2
A maize variety
435
(420)
3
A potato variety
660
(640)
4
A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot, celery, curly kale, leek, onion, radish, turnip or fodder variety
615
(595)
5
A field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean variety
530
(510)
6
A herbage variety
435
(420)
7
An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) variety
435
(420)
8
A sugar beet or fodder beet variety
170
(165)
9
Any other variety
220
(215)
Note:
(*)The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/676 as amended by S.I.1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I.1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
SCHEDULE 3FEES 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
Amount
Plant Variety
New fee
Old fee
£
£(*)
1
A maize variety
510
(495)
2
A potato variety
900
(870)
3
A ryegrass, timothy or white clover variety
360
(350)
4
A field pea variety
735
(710)
5
A flax or linseed variety
345
(335)
6
A sugar beet variety
395
(380)
7
A festulolium variety
360
(350)
8
A wheat (excluding durum wheat and spelt wheat), barley or oat variety
1,160
(1,120)
9
A field bean variety
340
(330)
10
A spring oilseed rape variety
725
(700)
11
A winter oilseed rape variety
760
(735)
Note:
(*)The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/676 as amended by S.I.1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I.1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
SCHEDULE 4RENEWAL FEES
Amount
Plant Variety
New fee
Old fee
£
£(*)
1
A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)
160
(155)
2
Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)
260
(250)
Note:
(*)Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/676 as amended by S.I.1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I.1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
SCHEDULE 5FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OTHER MATTERS
Amount
Matter
When payable
New fee
Old fee
£
£(*)
1
Application for the substitution of a name in a National List
On making the application
30
(25)
2
Making written representations to the Ministers
On delivering the representations
30
(25)
3
Attending to be heard by a person appointed by the Ministers
Before the hearing
55
(50)
4
Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country
Within 14 days of demand by the Minister
150
(180)
5
Observation plot-trials for value for cultivation and use
Within 14 days of demand by the Minister
130
(125)
6
Entry in a National List
Before entry in a National List
115
(110)
Note:
(*)Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/676 as amended by S.I.1997/383) before the coming into force of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I.1998/1022) on 8th May 1998.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)