{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-6.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/6",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "MATTERS ARISING UNDER THE SEEDS (REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1994",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nMatter\nWhen Payable\nFee\n£\n£\nA. Representations by, and hearings of, a seed merchant, processor or packer\n(i) Fee for making written representations to the Department\nOn making representations\n32·35\n(30·80)\n(ii) Fee for being heard by a person appointed by the Department\nOn applying to be heard\n64·70\n(61·60)\nB. Licensed Seed Testing Establishments\n(i) Annual fee payable during the currency of the licence (or a proportion thereof in respect of a part of a year)\nWithin one month of demand by the Department, annually in advance\n2,135·00\n(2,033·00)\n(ii) Fee payable by the owner or person in charge of a Licensed Seed Testing Station in respect of an official examination of seed\nWithin one month of demand by the Department, annually in arrears\n9·20\n(8·75)\nC. Examination fees\n(i) Examination for crop inspector in respect of\ncereals\nfield beans, field peas and\npulses, or\ngrasses and herbage legumes\n(a) examination\nBefore the examination\n149·95\n(—)\n(b) re-sit of examination (other than cereals)\nBefore the examination\n149·95\n(—)\n(c) re-sit of either part of cereals examination\nBefore the examination\n74·95\n(—)\n(d) re-test\nBefore the examination\n74·95\n(—)\n(ii) Examination for crop inspector in respect of\nsugar beet, or\nfodder and oil\ncrucifers; turnips; fodder beet and mangels; flax and linseed; soya beans\n(a) examination\nBefore the examination\n93·70\n(—)\n(b) re-sit of examination\nBefore the examination\n93·70\n(—)\n(c) re-test\nBefore the examination\n74·95\n(—)\n(iii) Examination for seed sampler\nBefore the examination\n93·70\n(—)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1994 No. 253"
    },
    {
      "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/6",
    "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."
}