Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 2598
SEEDS, ENGLAND
The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001
Made
18th July 2001
Laid before Parliament
19th July 2001
Coming into force
17th August 2001
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964( 1 ), after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to her to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Title, extent and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 17th August 2001.
Amendment
2. —(1)Schedule 2 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph A (Initial fees)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (ii) for the words “(except field beans and field peas)” there shall be substituted the words “(except field beans, field peas, white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne)”; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (iii) the following wording shall be inserted—
“ (iv) certified seed of the first generation of white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne. | 9.10 (−) ” |
(3) In paragraph B (Crop inspection fee)—
(a) for the words “(except field beans and field peas)” there shall be substituted the words “(except field beans, field peas, white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne)”; and
(b) after the words “field beans and field peas”, in the last place where they occur, the following wording shall be inserted—
“ or certified seed of the first generation of white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne ” .
(4) In paragraph C (Seed lot fee)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (iii) for the words “(except field beans and field peas)” there shall be substituted the words “(except field beans, field peas, white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne)”; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (iv) the following wording shall be inserted—
“ (ivA) certified seed of the first generation of white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne. | 66.00 (−) ” |
(5) In paragraph D (Seed lot re-entry fee)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (ii) for the words “(except field beans and field peas)” there shall be substituted the words “(except field beans, field peas, white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne)”; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (iii) the following wording shall be inserted—
“ (iiiA) certified seed of the first generation of white lupin, narrow-leaved lupin (blue lupin), yellow lupin, Hungarian vetch, common vetch, hairy vetch and lucerne. | 46.20 (−) ” |
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
18th July 2001
1964 c. 14 ; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) , section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272 ) for a definition of “the Minister”. Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272 ), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State; and under article 2(a) and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ) these functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.