{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-amendment-regulations-1987/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-amendment-regulations-1987/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1148",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE CEREAL SEEDS REGULATIONS 1985",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nMatter\nWhen Payable\nFee\n£\n£\nA. Initial fees\nInitial fee per half-hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:\nOn application for registration\n(i) pre-basic or basic seed\n10.20\n(9.85)\n(ii) certified seed of the first generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats or certified seed of rye and maize\n2.90\n(2.55)\n(iii) certified seed of the second generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats\n2.35\n(2.00)\nB. inspection fees\nFee for official examination or re-examination of crops per half hectare or part thereof examined\nOn application\n3.90\n(3.70)\nC. Seed lot fee\nFee for the issue of an offficial certificate in respect of a seed lot entered as:—\nOn application\n(i) breeder’s seed\n16.80\n(16.00)\n(ii) pre-basic or basic seed\n42.45\n(39.70)\n(iii) certified seed of the first generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats or certified seed of rye and maize\n33.35\n(30.60)\n(iv) certified seed of the second generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats\n17.85\n(15.10)\nD. Sampling fees\nFee for sampling or re-sampling of a seed lot for the purposes of an official examination, and for sampling or resampling imported seed intended for further multiplication\nOn application\n19.45\n(18.50)\nE. Seed testing fees\nFee for an official examination of seed for:—\nWithin one month of demand by or on behalf of the appropriate Minister\n(i) analytical purity, germination and other seed content except for wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats at Higher Voluntary Standard\n30.75\n(29.30)\n(ii) analytical purity, germination and other seed content of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats at Higher Voluntary Standard\n38.95\n(37.10)\n(iii) loose smut infection of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat and barley (per thousand embryos examined)\n21.65\n(20.60)\nF. Fees for additional tests\n(i) Fee for a special test to verify varietal identity\nWithin one month of demand by or on behalf of the appropriate Minister\n90.65\n(86.35)\n(ii) Fee for a Tetrazolium seed viability test in C1 Winter Wheat and C1 Winter Barley\n25.00\n(—)\nG. Official label fees\nAdditional fee for the issue of official labels of the following types:—\nOn application\n(i) tear-resistant labels, other than for mixtures, per thousand\n10.90\n(10.35)\n(ii) sprocket punched adhesive labels, other than for mixtures, per thousand\n7.60\n(7.25)\n(iii) mixture labels, per thousand:—\n(a) adhesive labels\n14.30\n(13.60)\n(b) card labels\n23.45\n(22.35)\n(c) tear-resistant labels\n34.35\n(32.70)\n(d) sprocket punched adhesive labels\n21.90\n(20.85)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/976, amended by S.I. 1987/1091."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 before the coming into operation of these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1148/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:24:22.982140+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."
}