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The Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/1641 · Made 30 June 1993

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PLANT HEALTH

Made 30th June 1993

Laid before Parliament 1st July 1993

Coming into force 19th July 1993

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(2)(b), 2, 3(1) and 4(A) of the Plant Health Act 1967f1 and now vested in themf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1967 c. 8; sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 8, and section 4A was inserted by the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), section 3.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Revocations
  3. 3Import fees
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule FEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES
  6. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Import (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 19th July 1993.

(2)

In this Order “import licence” means a licence issued under article 30 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993f1.

2Revocations

The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988f1 and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991f2 are hereby revoked.

3Import fees

There shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of any service described in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order the fee prescribed in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to that service.

Signature

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

L.S.

Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

21st June 1993.

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

30th June 1993

We consent,

Tim Wood

Tim Kirkhope

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

24th June 1993

FEES IN RESPECT OF IMPORT LICENSING SERVICES

(1)(2)(3)
ItemServiceFee
£
1Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of the licence where appropriate275
2The inspection of articles imported for the purposes of a trade or business, being an inspection required by the terms of the import licence under which the articles were imported39
3Where the application for an import licence is for the import of articles for a scientific purpose and the number of types of article to be imported under the same licence exceeds 5, the inclusion of one type of article in the licence in addition to the first five8
4When an import licence is issued for the importation of articles for a scientific purpose, the variation of the licence so as to enable the importation of additional articles under that licence32 plus 8 for each article
5The issue of an import licence for the importation of articles not for the purposes of a trade or business nor for a scientific purpose40

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Order 1988 and the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991 and re-enacts article 8 and Schedule 2 of the 1988 Order as amended. There is no change to the fees which were set in 1991.