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Schedule SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS (FEES) REGULATIONS 1998

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“SCHEDULE 1

FEES

Regulation 3

PART I

FEES PAYABLE ON AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT OF PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

Amount
Plant VarietyNew fee £Old fee £(*)
1.A rose variety85(80)
2.A chrysanthemum variety300(285)
3.Any other decorative variety145(140)
4.Any other variety300(285)

Note: (*) The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1677) on 23rd July 2002.

PART II

FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF TESTS OR EXAMINATION OF A PLANT VARIETY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT OF PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

Amount
Plant VarietyTest or examination for which payableNew fee £Old fee £(*)
1.A cereal (excluding maize) varietyTests in any one year815(775)
2.A maize varietyTests in any one year495(470)
3.A potato varietyTests in any one year755(720)
4.A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, celery, fenugreek, leek, turnip or fodder varietyTests in any one year705(670)
5.A carrot, curly kale, onion or radish varietyTests in any one year705(670)
6.A field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean varietyTests in any one year605(575)
7.A herbage varietyTests in any one year495(470)
8.An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) varietyTests in any one year495(470)
9.A sugar beet or fodder beet varietyTests in any one year195(185)
10.A rose varietyTests in any one year130(125)
11.A year-round perennial chrysanthemum varietyTests in each flowering season200(190)
12.Any other chrysanthemum varietyTests in any one year200(190)
13.A cymbidium varietyEach examination250(240)
14.A fruit varietyTests in any one year200(190)
15.Any other varietyTests in any one year250(240)

Note: (*)The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1677) on 23rd July 2002.

PART III

RENEWAL FEES

Amount each year
Plant VarietyNew standard fee £New reduced fee £Old standard fee £(*)Old reduced fee £(*)
1.A rose variety8035(75)(35)
2.A chrysanthemum variety355185(340)(175)
3.Any other decorative variety190100(180)(95)
4.A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)18595(175)(90)
5.A fruit variety355185(340)(175)
6.Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety)475240(450)(230)

Note: (*)The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1677) on 23rd July 2002.

PART IV

FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OTHER MATTERS

Amount
MatterWhen payableNew fee £Old fee £(*)
1.Application for a compulsory licenceOn making the application65(60)
2.Application to extend, limit, vary or revoke a compulsory licenceOn making the application65(60)
3.Making representations in writing to the Controller as provided in the Act or the principal RegulationsOn delivering the representations30(30)
4.Attending to be heard by the Controller or by a person appointed by him for the purposeBefore the hearing65(60)
5.

Grant of plant breeders' rights in–

  1. (a)

    a variety referred to in item 1 in Part I of this Schedule

Before the issue of the plant breeders' certificate constituting evidence of the grant65(60)
(b)

a variety referred to in item 3 in Part I of this Schedule

130(125)
(c)

a variety referred to in item 2 or item 4 in Part I of this Schedule

160(150)
6.Payment of a renewal fee after the expiration of 7 days from the date when it fell due (having regard to any extension granted under these Regulations)On payment of the renewal fee30(30)
7.Application for the approval of a substituted name for a plant varietyOn making the application30(30)
8.Amendment of the record of plant varieties on a transfer of plant breeders' rightsOn making the application for amendment30(30)
9.Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another countryWithin 14 days of demand by the Controller175(165)

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Note: (*)The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under these Regulations before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1677) on 23rd July 2002.