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The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 2019 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 October 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Plant Health, Wales
Made
5 March 2019
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
7 March 2019
Coming into force
28 March 2019
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2010/2690. Under section 1(2) of the Plant Health Act 1967 (c.8), as amended by article 4(1) of, and paragraph 43 of Schedule 2 to, the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), the Welsh Ministers are the competent authority for Wales as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests.
M21972 c.68: section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 2019.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(3) These Regulations come into force on 28 March 2019.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“approved place of inspection” (“man arolygu a gymeradwywyd”) has the meaning given in article 3 of the Order;
“controlled consignment” (“llwyth a reolir”) means a consignment within the meaning of Article 2(1)(p) of the Directive, or a consignment which an inspector reasonably suspects to be such a consignment, of any of the following relevant material to which Part 2 of the Order applies—
isolated bark of a type listed in Schedule 5, Part A, paragraph 3 or Part B, paragraph 3 to the Order; or
wood of a type listed in Schedule 5, Part A, paragraph 4 or Part B, paragraph 1 to the Order, other than wood packaging material which is actually in use in the transport of objects of all kinds;
“the Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb”) means Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community M3;
“documentary check” (“gwiriad dogfennol”) has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(i) of the Directive;
“identity check” (“gwiriad adnabod”) has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(ii) of the Directive;
“licence” (“trwydded”) means a licence to carry out any activity to which article 38 or 39 of the Order applies;
“the Order” (“y Gorchymyn”) means the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 M4;
“plant health check” (“gwiriad iechyd planhigion”)has the meaning given by Article 13a(1)(b)(iii) of the Directive;
“plant passport authority” (“awdurdodiad pasbort planhigion”) means an authority to issue plant passports granted by the Welsh Ministers under article 28 of the Order;
“remedial notice” (“hysbysiad adfer”) means a notice served under article 31(1) or (4) or 33(3) of the Order; and
“remedial work” (“gwaith adfer”) means any steps taken by a person for the purposes of complying with a remedial notice, or by an inspector under article 32(1) of the Order.
(2) Words and expressions which are not defined in these Regulations and which appear in the Order have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Order.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Marginal Citations
M3OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p1, as last amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2017/1920 (OJ No L 271, 20.10.2017, p.34).
M4S.I. 2005/2517; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/594, 2012/2707, 2013/755, 2013/2691 and 2014/2420 as applied in Wales by 2015/1723.
3.—(1) Fees payable under this regulation are payable to the Welsh Ministers.
(2) The fee payable for an inspection and associated activities in connection with the granting, variation, or suspension of a plant passport authority or for monitoring compliance with that authority is specified in Schedule 1.
(3) The fee payable in connection with an application for a licence (including an application for an extension or variation of a licence), for an inspection and associated activities in connection with an application for a licence or for monitoring compliance with the terms and conditions of a licence is specified in Schedule 2.
(4) The importer of a controlled consignment must pay—
(a)in the case of a plant health check in respect of the consignment, the fee specified for the relevant type of consignment in item 1 or 2 of the table in Schedule 3;
(b)in the case of a documentary check in respect of the consignment, the fee specified in item 1 of the table in Schedule 4;
(c)in the case of an identity check in respect of the consignment, the fee specified in item 2 of the table in Schedule 4.
(5) Where, at the request of an importer of a controlled consignment, a plant health check is carried out on the consignment at an approved place of inspection, the importer must pay the fee of £30 for each visit made by an inspector in the course of conducting the plant health check at the approved place of inspection, in addition to the fee payable under paragraph (4)(a).
(6) The person on whom a remedial notice is served or who is given notice under article 32(1) of the Order must pay the fee specified in Schedule 5 for the carrying out or the monitoring by an inspector of remedial work and associated activities in connection with a controlled consignment.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
4. The following Regulations are revoked—
(a)the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 M5;
(b)the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 M6;
(c)the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 M7;
(d)the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 M8.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Marginal Citations
M5S.I. 2006/2697, as amended by S.I. 2008/702, 2009/2956, 2010/2001, 2013/755.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
Regulation 3(2)
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 1 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Type of inspection | Fee |
---|---|
Inspection and associated activities (including travelling and office time) in connection with the granting, variation or suspension of a plant passport authority or for monitoring compliance with that authority— | |
(a)up to and including the first hour; | £37 |
(b)thereafter, for each additional 15 minutes or part thereof | £9.25 |
Regulation 3(3)
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 2 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Item | Type of application or inspection | Fee |
---|---|---|
1 | Application for a licence | £305 |
2 | Application for an extension or variation of a licence with changes requiring scientific or technical assessment | £100 |
3 | Application for an extension of a licence with no changes or for an extension or variation of a licence with changes not requiring scientific or technical assessment | £12 |
4 | Inspection and associated activities (including travelling and office time) in connection with item 1, 2 or 3 or for monitoring compliance with licence terms and conditions— | |
(a)up to and including the first hour; | £37 | |
(b)thereafter, for each additional 15 minutes or part thereof | £9.25 |
Regulation 3(4)(a)
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 3 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Item | Description of relevant material in consignment subject to a plant health check | Unit | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isolated bark, wood shavings, wood chips or sawdust | Per consignment | |
- up to 25000kg | £31.20 | ||
- for each additional 1000kg or part thereof | £0.49 | ||
Up to a maximum fee of £98 per consignment | |||
2 | Wood (other than wood in the form of isolated bark, wood shavings, wood chips or sawdust) | Per consignment | |
- up to 25000kg | £31.20 | ||
- for each additional 1000kg or part thereof | £0.25 |
Regulation 3(4)(b) and (c)
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 4 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Item | Type of check | Unit | Fee |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Documentary check | Per consignment | £7.20 |
2 | Identity check | Per consignment | |
- for each load of up to 30m³ forming part of the consignment contained in one truck, railway wagon or comparable container | £7.20 | ||
- for each bulk load of less than 100m³ | £7.20 | ||
- for each bulk load of 100m³ or more | £14.40 |
Regulation 3(6)
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 5 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(3)
Remedial work | Fee |
---|---|
The carrying out or monitoring by an inspector of remedial work and associated activities (including travelling and office time) in connection with a controlled consignment— | |
(a)up to and including the first hour; | £37 |
(b)thereafter, for each additional 15 minutes or part thereof | £9.25 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2697) in relation to Wales.
These Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1). Article 13d requires member States to collect fees for documentary, identity and plant health checks carried out on certain consignments of wood, wood products and isolated bark originating in countries outside the European Union (“controlled consignments”).
Regulation 3 requires the following fees to be paid to the Welsh Ministers—
the fees specified in Schedule 1 for inspections in connection with an authority to issue plant passports under article 28 of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2517) (“the Principal Order”);
the fees specified in Schedule 2 in connection with licences to which article 38 or 39 of the Principal Order applies;
the fees specified in Schedule 3 and regulation 3(5) for plant health checks on controlled consignments;
the fees specified in Schedule 4 for documentary checks and identity checks on controlled consignments;
the fees specified in Schedule 5 for the carrying out or monitoring of remedial work by an inspector under the Principal Order in connection with controlled consignments.
These Regulations bring the fees in line with the rest of Great Britain. The changes are as follows—
the fees for plant health checks increase from £26 to £31.20 per consignment (and from £0.20 to £0.25 for each additional m3 in excess of 100m3 in relation to a consignment of wood other than wood in the form of shavings, chips or sawdust);
the reduced rate fees in relation to plant health checks on consignments of Acer saccharum from Canada and the United States of America are removed. Under the procedure provided for in Articles 13a(2) and 18(2) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, these consignments are no longer subject to reduced levels of plant health checks and are therefore no longer eligible for reduced rate fees;
the fees for documentary checks increase from £6 to £7.20 per consignment and for identity checks from £6 to £7.20 and, for bulk loads of 100m3 or more, from £12 to £14.40, per consignment.
Otherwise the fees remain the same as in the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Department of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
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