{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plants-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1998/schedule-1/part-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plants-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1998/schedule-1/part-IV.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1021",
  "legislation_title": "The Plants Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plants-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF OTHER MATTERS",
  "text": "Amount\nMatter\nWhen payable\nNew fee\nOld fee\n£\n£\nNote:\n(*) Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/618) as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/382) before the coming into force of these Regulations on 8th May 1998.\n1 Application for a compulsory licence\nOn making the application\n55\n(50)\n2 Application to extend, limit, vary or revoke a compulsory licence\nOn making the application\n55\n(50)\n3 Making representations in writing to the Controller as provided in the Act or the principal Regulations\nOn delivering the representations\n30\n(25)\n4 Attending to be heard by the Controller or by a person appointed by him for the purpose\nBefore the hearing\n55\n(50)\n5 Grant of plant breeders' rights in—\n(a) a variety referred to in item 1 in Part I of this Schedule\nBefore the issue of the plant breeders' certificate constituting evidence of the grant\n55\n(40)\n(b) a variety referred to in item 3 in Part I of this Schedule\n115\n(110)\n(c) a variety referred to in item 2 or item 4 in Part I of this Schedule\n140\n(135)\n6 Payment of a renewal fee after the expiration of 7 days from the date when it fell due (having regard to any extension granted under these Regulations)\nOn payment of the renewal fee\n30\n(25)\n7 Application for the approval of a substituted name for a plant variety\nOn making the application\n30\n(25)\n8 Amendment of the record of plant varieties on a transfer of plant breeders' rights\nOn making the application for amendment\n30\n(25)\n9 Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country\nWithin 14 days of demand by the Controller\n150\n(180)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(*) Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/618) as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/382) before the coming into force of these Regulations on 8th May 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1677",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3630",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1089",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1021/schedule/1/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:19.638808+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}