# The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Regulation 6: Charges in respect of the sampling of imports of potatoes


(1) Where the power to take samples conferred by article 25(1)(a) of the Order is exercised by an inspector in respect of potatoes originating in Egypt in order to ascertain whether, for the purpose of paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Decision, those potatoes are infected with Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al., there shall be payable to the Scottish Ministers by the importer a fee of £37.50, unless that power has previously been exercised for that purpose in respect of other potatoes from the same village, in the case of the delta region, or basin, in the case of the desert regions, during the same growing year.
(2) In this regulation–
“delta region”, “village”, “basin” and “desert regions” have the same meanings as they have in paragraph 1(a) of the Annex to the Decision; and
“growing year” means the period beginning on 1st September in one year and ending on 31st August in the following year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/421/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-6
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