{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-scotland-regulations-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-scotland-regulations-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule, words and expressions have the same meaning as they do in the relevant Regulations; and “the relevant Regulations” means the particular Regulations which the matter relates to that are listed in regulation 4(1) to these Regulations.\nMatter\nFee\n£\n(1) per hectare; parts of a hectare shall be rounded up to the nearest hectare.\n(2) per seed lot\n(3) per certificate\nA. Initial fee\nInitial fee for crops intended to produce:–\n(i) pre basic seed or basic seed\n29.60\n(ii) certified seed, certified seed of the first generation, certified seed of the second generation or certified seed of the third generation\n4.25\nB. Crop inspection fees\n(i) Official examination of crops intended to produce pre basic seed, basic seed, certified seed, certified seed of the first generation, certified seed of the second generation or certified seed of the third generation\n14.25\n(ii) Official re-examination of crops intended to produce pre basic seed, basic seed, certified seed, certified seed of the first generation, certified seed of the second generation or certified seed of the third generation, except:–\n14.25\n(a) official re-examination of crops for wild oats\n7.15\n(b) official re-examination of crops for isolation\n2.85\n(c) authentication of seed lot sown (where this has not been carried out at crop inspection)\n6.40\nC. Seed lot fee\nIssuing an official certificate or a breeder’s confirmation (other than in the circumstances described under D below) in respect of a seed lot entered as:–\n(i) all multiplication categories\n73.00\n(ii) all final generation categories\n30.55\nD. Seed lot re-entry fee\nIssuing an official certificate or breeder’s confirmation in respect of a seed lot which was entered for one category and has been withdrawn and is being re entered as:–\n(i) pre basic seed or basic seed, certified seed, certified seed of the first generation\n35.00\n(ii) certified seed of the second generation, certified seed of the third generation\n17.45\nE. Sampling fees\nSampling or re-sampling of a seed lot for the purposes of an official examination, and for sampling or re-sampling imported seed intended for further multiplication\n48.90\nF. Official label fees\nIssuing and printing of official labels:–\n(i) tear resistant labels for breeder’s confirmation seed, pre basic seed and seed for export\n40.50\n(ii) self adhesive labels for breeder’s confirmation seed, pre basic seed and seed for export\n28.00\nG. OECD Certificate\nIssuing an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Certificate\n25.00",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1) per hectare; parts of a hectare shall be rounded up to the nearest hectare."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(2) per seed lot"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(3) per certificate"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/148",
      "affecting_title": "The Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/67",
      "affecting_title": "The Beet Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/536/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:58.963978+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."
}