{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-amendment-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-export-certification-scotland-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes amendments to the Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Order 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) as a consequence of the Plant Health (Scotland) Order 2005 (“the principal plant health Order”). The amendments come into force on 31st March 2007.\nThe Order prescribes amended fees for the issue of phytosanitary certificates and phytosanitary certificates for re-export as required by the principal plant health Order to accompany exports of certain plants, plant products or other items to third countries.\nThe services are performed in connection with applications received for the issue of phytosanitary certificates or phytosanitary certificates for re export in accordance with the provisions of the principal plant health Order (article 15).\nThe fees prescribed by this Order are necessary to recover the costs expected to be incurred in the provision of the export services.\nArticle 6(1) to (3) introduces a clarification of plant products in the 2004 Order by limiting this to plant products other than seeds. This also removes the previous fee of £1.00 for consignments valued at up to £10.00, raising this now to £7.50.\nArticle 6(4) introduces a new £11.00 fee for any second or subsequent certificate for the inspection of used agricultural machinery.\nArticle 6(5) introduces new testing arrangements and charges for potato viruses.\nArticle 6(6) replaces the separate fees set out in paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of the 2004 Order with a new hourly charge of £69.00 to be applied pro rata to consideration of applications for phytosanitary certificates for seed samples.\nArticle 6(7) introduces the extension of the £5.00 fee for phytosanitary certificates for re-export to the issue of a duplicate certificate.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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