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The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000

W.S.I. 2000/719 · Made 6 March 2000

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SEEDS, WALES

Made. 6th March 2000

Coming into force. 7th March 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964f1 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”)f2, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to the National Assembly to be concerned, the National Assembly makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1), Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3).

f2

By virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they were exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State. Those functions of the Secretary of State were then transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000, shall apply to Wales only and shall come into force on 7th March 2000.

2Amendment

At the end of Schedule 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985f1 the following wording shall be inserted —

“

C. Examination feesf2
(i)

Examination for crop inspector in respect of

  • cereals,

  • field beans, field peas and pulses, or

  • grasses and herbage legumes,

(a)

examination

Before the examination142.80(–)
(b)

re-sit examination (other than cereals)

Before the examination142.80(–)
(c)

re-sit of either part of cereals examination

Before the examination71.40(–)
(d)

re-test

Before the examination71.40(–)
(ii)

Examination for crop inspector in respect of

  • sugar beet, or

  • Fodder and oil crucifers; turnips; fodder beet and mangels; flax and linseed; soya bean,

(a)

examination

Before the examination89.25(–)
(b)

re-sit of examination

Before the examination89.25(–)
(c)

re-test

Before the examination71.40(–)
(iii)

Examination for seed sampler

Before the examination89.25(–)

”

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer

6th March 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply only to Wales, amend the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 (as amended). The amendment provides for fees to be charged for examinations taken by crop inspectors and seed samplers (regulation 2).