# The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Wales) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2697) in relation to Wales.
These Regulations implement Article 13d of Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (OJ No L 169, 10.7.2000, p.1). Article 13d requires member States to collect fees for documentary, identity and plant health checks carried out on certain consignments of wood, wood products and isolated bark originating in countries outside the European Union (“controlled consignments”).
Regulation 3 requires the following fees to be paid to the Welsh Ministers—
(a)the fees specified in Schedule 1 for inspections in connection with an authority to issue plant passports under article 28 of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2517) (“the Principal Order”);
(b)the fees specified in Schedule 2 in connection with licences to which article 38 or 39 of the Principal Order applies;
(c)the fees specified in Schedule 3 and regulation 3(5) for plant health checks on controlled consignments;
(d)the fees specified in Schedule 4 for documentary checks and identity checks on controlled consignments;
(e)the fees specified in Schedule 5 for the carrying out or monitoring of remedial work by an inspector under the Principal Order in connection with controlled consignments.
These Regulations bring the fees in line with the rest of Great Britain. The changes are as follows—
(a)the fees for plant health checks increase from £26 to £31.20 per consignment (and from £0.20 to £0.25 for each additional m3 in excess of 100m3 in relation to a consignment of wood other than wood in the form of shavings, chips or sawdust);
(b)the reduced rate fees in relation to plant health checks on consignments of Acer saccharum from Canada and the United States of America are removed. Under the procedure provided for in Articles 13a(2) and 18(2) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, these consignments are no longer subject to reduced levels of plant health checks and are therefore no longer eligible for reduced rate fees;
(c)the fees for documentary checks increase from £6 to £7.20 per consignment and for identity checks from £6 to £7.20 and, for bulk loads of 100m3 or more, from £12 to £14.40, per consignment.
Otherwise the fees remain the same as in the Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) Regulations 2006.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Department of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/497/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-fees-forestry-wales-regulations-2019/note
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