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

Plant passport authorisation fees

4.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a plant passport authorisation.

(2) The fees specified in the table in Schedule 3 are payable in respect of an inspection and any associated activities which are carried out—

(a) in connection with an application for a plant passport authorisation;

(b) for the purpose of monitoring compliance with any requirements imposed on the holder of a plant passport authorisation.

(3) The fees specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 3 are payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection and any associated activities at the relevant premises, subject to the minimum fees specified in the corresponding entries in column 3 of that table.

(4) An additional fee of £18.78 is payable where a person submits an application for a plant passport authorisation in paper form (and not online).

(5) Any fees payable under this regulation are payable by the person applying for a plant passport authorisation or the holder of a plant passport authorisation (as the case may be).

(6) In this regulation—

(a) “plant passport authorisation” means an authorisation to issue plant passports conferred under article 29 of the 2018 Order;

(b) “relevant premises”, in relation to an application for a plant passport authorisation or a plant passport authorisation, means the premises which are subject to the application or the authorisation.