The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

Regulation 3(1) and (2A)(b)(vi)

[F1 SCHEDULE 1 E+W Import inspection fees: Consignments originating in countries other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (1.6.2021) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/625), regs. 1, 2(3)

Column 1 Description of Plant, plant product or other object	Column 2 Fee: Physical check (£)	Column 3 Fee: Identity check (£)
Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables	173.91	5.25
Shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed)	182.38	5.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes)	205.04	5.25
Seeds, tissue cultures	128.13	5.25
Other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this table	182.38	5.25
Cut flowers	42.75	5.25
Branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees)	33.99	5.25
Cut Christmas trees	119.64	5.25
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables	71.68	5.25
Fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables)	53.10	5.25
Tubers of potatoes	156.69	5.25
Soil and growing medium, bark	119.64	5.25
Grain	142.98	5.25
Other plants or plant products, not specified elsewhere in this table, except forest trees	22.73	5.25.]

Regulation 3(2A)(a)

[F2 SCHEDULE 1A E+W Import inspection fees: consignments originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1A inserted (1.6.2021) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/625), regs. 1, 2(4)

Column 1 Plant, plant product or other object and genus (if applicable)	Column 2 Country of origin	Column 3 Fee: Physical check (£)	Column 4 Fee: Identity check (£)
(1) “Intended for final users” includes clearly packed and ready for supply to final users, identifiable as being for use by landscapers or contractors for planting at the final site of the plants and where additional packing or preparation (excluding multiplication, propagation or growing on) is required before making plants available to final users.
(2) “All” means any EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.]
Cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables, not intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	173.91	5.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), not intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	205.04	5.25
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, (other than tubers of potatoes), intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	20.50	0.52
Seeds, not intended for final users(1)
Allium cepa L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Allium porrum L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Castanea Mill.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Capsicum spp. L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Helianthus annuus L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Medicago sativa L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Phaseolus cocineus	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Solanum lycopersicum L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Brassica rapa L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Sinapis alba L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Glycine max (L.) Merrill	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Linum usitatissimum L.	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Seeds, intended for final users(1)
Allium cepa L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Allium porrum L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Castanea Mill.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Capsicum spp. L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Helianthus annuus L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Medicago sativa L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Phaseolus cocineus	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Solanum lycopersicum L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Solanum tuberosum L. (True potato seed)	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Vegetable seeds of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Seeds of oil and fibre plants of—
Brassica napus L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Brassica rapa L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Sinapis alba L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Glycine max (L.) Merrill	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Linum usitatissimum L.	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table
All genera	All(2)	3.84	0.15
Tissue cultures, not intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	128.13	5.25
Tissue cultures, intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	6.40	0.26
Plants intended for planting (other than cut Christmas trees), not intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	182.38	5.25
Other plants intended for planting not specified elsewhere in this table, intended for final users(1)
All genera	All(2)	18.23	0.52
Cut flowers
All genera	All(2)	1.28	0.15
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees
All genera	All(2)	1.02	0.15
Cut Christmas trees
All genera	All(2)	3.58	0.15
Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables
All genera	All(2)	2.15	0.15
Fruit or vegetables
All genera	All(2)	1.59	0.15
Tubers of potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L. intended for planting (seed potatoes)	All(2)	156.69	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Poland, Portugal or Romania	78.34	2.62
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Spain	156.69	5.25
Solanum tuberosum L. (ware potatoes)	Any other EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	4.70	0.15
Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of—
Castanea Mill.	All(2)	5.98	0.26
Conifers (Pinales)	All(2)	5.98	0.26
Juglans L.	All(2)	5.98	0.26
Pterocarya Kunth.	All(2)	5.98	0.26
Soil and growing medium, bark
Bark of all genera not specified elsewhere in this table	All(2)	3.58	0.15
Grain
All genera	All(2)	4.28	0.15
Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium
All genera	All(2)	0.68	0.15
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
—	All(2)	5.98	0.26

Regulation 3(2A)(b)(i) to (v) and (3)

[F3 SCHEDULE 2 E+W Import inspection fees: Reduced rates for consignments originating in countries other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 substituted (1.6.2021) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/625), regs. 1, 2(5)

Column 1 Plant, plant product or other object and genus (if applicable)	Column 2 Country of origin	Column 3 Fee: Physical check (£)	Column 4 Fee: Identity check (£)
(1) “Third country in Europe” includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, the Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Federal District (Severo-Zapadny federalny okrug), Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug), San Marino, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine).]
Cut flowers
Aster	Zimbabwe	32.06	3.93
Dianthus	Columbia	1.28	0.15
	Ecuador	6.41	0.78
	Kenya	2.14	0.26
	Turkey	6.41	0.78
Rosa	Columbia	1.28	0.15
	Ecuador	0.43	0.05
	Ethiopia	2.14	0.26
	Kenya	4.28	0.52
	Tanzania	21.38	2.62
	Zambia	4.28	0.52
Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers (other than cut Christmas trees)
Phoenix	Costa Rica	17.00	2.62
Fruit
Carica papaya	Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Cydonia	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Fragaria	Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Malus	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
	Argentina	18.59	1.83
	Brazil	26.55	2.62
	Chile	2.66	0.26
	New Zealand	5.31	0.52
	South Africa	2.66	0.26
Persea Americana	Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Prunus	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
	Argentina	39.83	3.93
	Chile	5.31	0.53
	Morocco	26.55	2.62
	Turkey	18.59	1.83
Prunus other than prunus persica	South Africa	5.31	0.26
Pyrus	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
	Argentina	7.97	0.78
	Chile	7.97	0.78
	China	26.55	2.62
	South Africa	5.31	0.53
Ribes	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Rubus	Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Vaccinium	Any third country in Europe(1) other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
	Argentina	13.28	1.31
	Chile	5.31	0.53
	Peru	5.31	0.53
Vitis	Any third country other than an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland	2.66	0.26
Vegetables
Solanum lycopersicon	Canary Islands	2.66	0.26
	Morocco	2.66	0.26
Solanum melongena	Turkey	7.97	1.31
Machinery or vehicles which have been operated for agricultural or forestry purposes
—	Any third country	5.98	0.26

Regulation 3(2E)

[F4 SCHEDULE 2A E+W List of plants or plant products originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland subject to fees for physical checks and identity checks from [F5 the end of the transitional staging period]

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2A inserted (1.6.2021) by The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/625), regs. 1, 2(6)

F5 Words in Sch. 2A title substituted (30.12.2021) by The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1443), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(3)

1.   Seeds referred to in Schedule 1A as falling within the description “Other seeds not specified elsewhere in this table”. E+W

2.   Cut flowers. E+W

3.   Branches with foliage, parts of Conifers other than bark or cut Christmas trees. E+W

4.   Cut Christmas trees. E+W

5.   Leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables. E+W

6.   Fruit. E+W

7.   Vegetables. E+W

8.   Tubers of potatoes originating in any EU Member State (other than Portugal, Poland, Romania and Spain), Liechtenstein or Switzerland. E+W

9.   Bark of all genera other than Castanea Mill, conifers (Pinales), Juglans L and Pterocarya Kunth. E+W

10.   Grain. E+W

11.   Plants or plant products referred to in Schedule 1A as falling within the description “Other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this table, other than forest trees, soil and growing medium”.] E+W

Regulation 4(2)

F6 SCHEDULE 3 E+W Plant passport authorisation fees

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Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 3 omitted (1.10.2019) by virtue of The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(9)

Regulation 5(1)

[F7 SCHEDULE 4 E+W Plant health licence fees

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 4 substituted (1.10.2019) by The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(10)

In this Schedule—

“period 1” means the period ending on 31stMarch 2020;

“period 2” means the period beginning on 1st April 2020 and ending on 30th September 2020.

Column 1 Type of application or inspection	Column 2 Date of application	Column 3 Fee(£)
Application for a licence for scientific or trial purposes, other than— —a licence in respect of the analysis of soil or other growing medium —a licence for scientific or trial purposes covering 5 or more items		995.36
Application for a licence for scientific or trial purposes covering 5 or more items		995.36, plus 52.45 per item in excess of 5 items
Application for a licence in respect of the analysis of soil or other growing medium, other than a licence in respect of the analysis of soil or other growing medium covering 5 or more items		745.41
Application for a licence in respect of the analysis of soil or other growing medium covering 5 or more items		745.41, plus 52.45 per item in excess of 5 items
Application for a variation of a licence with changes requiring scientific or technical assessment		380.25
Application for any other licence		42.50
Issue of an annual letter of authority		42.50
Monitoring compliance with licence terms and conditions	In the case of monitoring undertaken during period 1	69.75 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 139.50
	In the case of monitoring undertaken during period 2	81.25 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 162.50
	In the case of monitoring undertaken on or after 1st October 2020	92.67 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 185.34]

Regulation 5A

[F8 SCHEDULE 4A E+W Fees for export certification services and pre-export services

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 4A inserted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1488), regs. 1(1), 38(10)

(1) Service	(2) Fee - Small Exporter (£)	(3) Fee – other Exporter (£)
Inspection of consignment	31.90 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 63.80	63.80 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 127.60
Audit of a grain inspection	13.20 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 26.40	26.40 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof), subject to a minimum fee of 52.80
Laboratory examination (including laboratory testing)	16.78 per sample tested	33.56 per sample tested
Issue of certificate	12.76 per certificate	25.52 per certificate
Amendment of a certificate at the request of the exporter	7.88 per certificate	15.76 per certificate]

Regulation 8(1)

[F9 SCHEDULE 5 E+W Seed potatoes: fees

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2019) by The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1257), regs. 2, 3(11)

Column 1 Activity	Column 2 Fee (£)	Column 3 Minimum fee (£)
Soil sampling and testing for Potato Cyst Nematode
Soil sampling and testing for the purposes of paragraph 4, 7 or 10 of Schedule 1 to the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015	24.75 for each hectare (or part thereof) sampled and tested
Inspection of growing crop
Certification as pre-basic seed potatoes: Union grade PBTC	30.39 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof)	60.78
Certification as pre-basic seed potatoes: Union grade PB	12.16 per each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) inspected	60.75
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade S	10.57 per each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) inspected	105.70
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade SE	10.57 per each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) inspected	105.70
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade E	10.33 per each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) inspected	103.30
Certification as certified seed potatoes: Union grade A or B	9.39 per each 0.1 hectare (or part thereof) inspected	93.90
Inspection of harvested tubers
Inspection	40.55 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof)	81.10
Provision of labels and seals in respect of application
Printed labels for bags holding 50 kgs of seed potatoes or less	0.05 per label
Printed labels and seals for bags holding more than 50 kgs of seed potatoes	0.11 per label (including seal)
Blank labels and seals	0.16 per label (including seal)]

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 6 E+W Revocations

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2014 M1 .

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 M2 .

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 M3 .

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 M4 .

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 M5 .

• — The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 M6 .

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2014/601, amended by S.I. 2014/3243, 2015/1996, 2016/1255. 2017/125, 2018/15.

M2 S.I. 2014/3243.

M3 S.I. 2015/1996.

M4 S.I. 2016/1225.

M5 S.I. 2017/125.

M6 S.I. 2018/15.