{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-fees-england-and-wales-amendment-order-1991/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1640",
  "legislation_title": "The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-plant-health-fees-england-and-wales-amendment-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE SCHEDULESTO THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (PLANT HEALTH FEES) (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER 1988",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nFEES IN RESPECT OF EXPORT CERTIFICATION SERVICES\nArticles 3 to 6\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nItem\nService\nBasic\nAlternative\nOld Fee\nBasic\nAlternative\n£\n£\n£\n£\n1\nThe taking of one soil sample from a field, or part of a field, which is not more than 4 hectares\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n2\nThe taking of two soil samples on the same visit from fields on the same holding, the combined area of which is not more than 3 hectares\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n3\nThe taking of up to three samples of compost for container grown plants\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n4\nLaboratory testing of one soil sample\n18.30\n(17.40)\n5\nGrowing Season Inspection\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\nWhere the basic fee is payable, one Growing Season Inspection of–\n(a) up to 0.1 hectare of outdoor plants (including bulbs and plants in containers), or\n(b) up to 1,000 indoor plants, or\n(c) up to 1.0 hectare of seed crops;\nand where the alternative fee is payable, one Growing Season Inspection of–\n(a) up to 1.5 hectares of bulbs, or\n(b) up to 1.0 hectare of outdoor plants other than bulbs, or\n(c) up to 6.0 hectares of seed crops, or\n(d) up to 10,000 indoor plants\n6\nPre-export inspection of and the issue of certificates, for–\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n(a) up to 7 small consignments, to be exported under up to 7 certificates, or\n(b) up to 25 tonnes, to be exported under one certificate, of plants, plant products or soil other than bulbs, potatoes and seeds\n7\nPre-export inspection of up to 25 tonnes of potatoes, to be exported under one certificate, and the issue of that certificate\n39\n22\n(37)\n(21)\n8\nPre-export inspection of–\n39\n22\n(37)\n(21)\n(a) a stock of bulbs up to 25 tonnes and the issue of such certificates as may be required for the export of bulbs from that stock issued while the inspector is on the premises for the purposes of this inspection or any other official purpose, or\n(b) up to 25 tonnes of bulbs of one stock, to be exported under one certificate, and the issue of that certificate\n9\nThe taking of samples of seed for examination or testing\n39\n3.70\n(37)\n(3.50)\n(a) where the basic fee is payable the taking of 3 samples, and\n(b) where the alternative fee is payable the taking of one sample\n10\nThe issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of seeds where they, or the bulk from which they are taken, have already been sampled and examined or tested\n15\n(14)\n11\nThe issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of seeds where the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the export is for national listing purposes and where they, or the bulk from which they are taken, have already been sampled and examined or tested\n7.50\n(7)\n12\nThe inspection for any traces of soil or plant debris and the issue of one or more certificates for the export of used agricultural machines–\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n(a) where the basic fee is payable the inspection of up to 5 agricultural machines, and\n(b) where the alternative fee is payable the inspection of up to 10 agricultural machines\n13\nThe issue of one certificate, including any prior examination or test, without a visit by an inspector to the applicant’s premises\n15\n(14)\n14\nThe issue of up to 20 certificates for the export of articles not requiring inspection on that occasion but requiring a visit to the applicant’s premises\n39\n15\n(37)\n(14)\n15\nThe issue of one certificate by an inspector where an inspector has not had to visit the applicant’s premises in respect of the articles to be certified or to inspect those articles and where no examination or testing has been necessary\n2.40\n(2.30)\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The figures in parentheses are the fees which were charged under the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988 before the coming into force of the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1640) on 12th August 1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1640/schedule",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}