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The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/510 · Made 19 April 2018

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Seeds, England

Made 19th April 2018

Laid before Parliament 23rd April 2018

Coming into force 21st May 2018

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c.51; subsection (1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 21st May 2018.

2Amendment of the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018

(1)

The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 8—

(a)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for “fee” substitute “fees”;

(ii)

for “harvested tubers is” substitute “growing crops for certification as Union grade PBTC and an inspection of harvested tubers are”;

(b)

in paragraph (6), after “which” insert “the growing crops for certification as Union grade PBTC or”.

(3)

In Schedule 5, for the entries in the table under the heading “Inspection of growing crops” substitute—

“

Certification as pre-basic seed potatoes: Union grade PBTC33.62 for each 15 minutes (or part thereof)67.24
Certification as pre-basic seed potatoes: Union grade PB33.62 per each ¼ hectare (or part thereof) inspected67.24
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade S58.47 per each ½ hectare (or part thereof) inspected116.94
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade SE58.47 per each ½ hectare (or part thereof) inspected116.94
Certification as basic seed potatoes: Union grade E57.17 per each ½ hectare (or part thereof) inspected114.34

Certification as certified seed potatoes:

Union grade A or B

51.97 per each ½ hectare (or part thereof) inspected103.94

”

Signature

Gardiner of Kimble

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th April 2018

We consent

Rebecca Harris

Paul Maynard

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th April 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/289) to correct the fee payable in respect of the certification of pre-basic seed potatoes as Union grade PBTC under the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1953) and to clarify how the fees in respect of the certification of seed potatoes under the Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015 are to be calculated.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.