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The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2024

S.S.I. 2024/294 · Made 29 October 2024

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Plant Health

Made 29th October 2024

Coming into force 30th October 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 7 of schedule 4 and paragraph 21 of schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 1(6) of schedule 7 of that Actf2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16. The Scottish Ministers are an appropriate authority within the meaning of paragraph 8 of schedule 4 of the Act. Paragraph 7(1)(b) of schedule 4 was amended by paragraph 8(12) of schedule 2 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28) (“the 2023 Act”). Paragraph 21 of schedule 7 of the Act was amended by paragraph 53(2) of schedule 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and paragraph 8(14)(b) of schedule 2 of the 2023 Act.

f2

In relation to the exercise of powers under paragraph 7 of schedule 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, paragraph 1(6) of schedule 7 is to be read with paragraph 12(3) of that schedule.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 30 October 2024.

2The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014

(1)

The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Regulation 4(8) (fees)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “30th October 2024” substitute “1st July 2025”.

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b) after “relevant port” insert “before 1st July 2025”.

Signature

JIM FAIRLIE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th October 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (the “2014 Regulations”), which makes provision relating to fees for documentary, physical and identity checks on certain plants imported into Scotland.

Regulation 4 of the 2014 Regulations makes provision relating to fees for documentary, physical and identity checks on certain plants imported into Scotland.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 4(8) of the 2014 Regulations to change the dates on which fees will be payable for documentary, physical and identity checks on certain consignments originating in an EU Member State, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.