# The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1980, as amended. They prescribe fees in respect of various matters arising under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982, as amended (regulation 3 and Schedule 1). The fees are payable to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
The changes of substance are—
(a) the introduction of fees on making an application for the entry of a plant variety in a National List (regulation 3(1)(a) and Part I of Schedule 1);
(b) the introduction of fees in respect of trials for value for cultivation and use on an observation plot and in respect of entry of a plant variety in a National List (regulation 3(1)(e) and items 7 and 8 in Part V of Schedule 1);
(c) the introduction of a fee in respect of trials for value for cultivation and use of additional plant varieties (regulation 3(1)(c) and item 2 in Part III of Schedule 1);
(d) a general increase in fees payable in respect of tests and other trials of plant varieties, the retention of a plant variety in a National List and various miscellaneous matters (regulation 3(1)(b) to (e), Part II, item 1 in Part III and Parts IV and V of Schedule 1). Some fees remain the same and a few are reduced. Old fees are shown in Schedule 1 in italics.
The regulations continue to make provision for non-payment of fees for tests of a plant variety in certain circumstances (regulation 3(2) and (3)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/188/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-regulations-1987/note
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