{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/257",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE CEREAL SEEDS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1994",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nMatter\nWhen Payable\nFee\n£\n£\nA. Initial fees\nInitial fee per hectare or part thereof for crops intended to produce:—\nOn application for registration\n(i) pre-basic or basic seed\n25·85\n(24·60)\n(ii) certified seed of the first generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley, triticale and oats or certified seed of rye and maize\n6·50\n(6·20)\n(iii) certified seed of the second generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats\n5·80\n(5·50)\nB. Crop inspection fees\nFee for official examination or re-examination of crops intended to produce seed as set out in A(i), (ii) or (iii) per hectare or part thereof examined\nWithin one month of demand by the Department\n12·90\n(12·30)\nFee for official examination or re-examination of crops produced from seed of a variety entered for but not added to the National List (or to the equivalent list in another member State) intended to produce certified seed, certified seed of the first generation or certified seed of the second generation, per hectare or part thereof examined\n12·90\n(—)\nC. Seed lot fee\nFee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot entered as:—\nOn application\n(i) breeder's, pre-basic or basic seed, certified seed of the first generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley, triticale, oats or certified seed of rye and maize\n42·70\n(40·65)\n(ii) certified seed of the second generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats\n21·30\n(20·30)\nD. Seed testing fees\nFee for an official examination of seed for loose smut infection of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat and barley (per thousand embryos examined)\nWithin one month of demand by the Department\n37·50\n(35·70)\nE. Seed lot re-entry fee\nFee for the issue of an official certificate in respect of a seed lot which had been entered for one category and been withdrawn and is being re-entered as: –\nOn application\n(i) pre-basic or basic seed, certified seed of the first generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley, triticale and oats or certified seed of rye and maize\n29·85\n(28·45)\n(ii) certified seed of the second generation of wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat, barley and oats\n14·90\n(14·20)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1994 No. 254 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 366, S.R. 1997 No. 240, S.R. 2000 No. 53 and S.R. 2000 No. 128"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The figures in brackets are the fees which were charged by virtue of the Seeds (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 379)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/257/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:57.715475+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."
}