Article 4 Fees for export certification services

(1)

F1F2A person who applies to the Scottish Ministers for a certificate F3... in relation to a plant, plant product or other object, must pay to the Scottish Ministers any fee prescribed in column 3 of the table in the F4schedule 1 which corresponds to a service described in column 2 of the table which has been performed by an inspector in connection with that application.

(2)

Paragraph (3) applies where—

(a)

a service listed in column 2 of the table in the F5schedule 1 includes the issue of a certificate F6...; and

(b)

the application for the issue of the certificate ... is refused by an inspector by reason of the results of any related inspection, examination or test.

(3)

A fee is still payable for the service mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) by the person mentioned in paragraph (1).

F7(4)

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F8(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/88), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F2: Word in art. 4(1) substituted (13.11.2025) by The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/241), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)
F3: Words in art. 4(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/466), regs. 1(1)(c), 10(3) (with regs. 31(d), 32)
F4: Words in art. 4(1) substituted (18.5.2024) by The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/86), arts. 1, 2(2)
F5: Words in art. 4(2)(a) substituted (18.5.2024) by The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/86), arts. 1, 2(2)
F6: Words in art. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/466), regs. 1(1)(c), 10(3) (with regs. 31(d), 32)
F7: Art. 4(4) omitted (13.11.2025) by virtue of The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/241), arts. 1, 2(2)(b)
F8: Art. 4(5) omitted (13.11.2025) by virtue of The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/241), arts. 1, 2(2)(c)