
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Fees) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st May 1989.
2 
The Seed Potatoes (Fees) Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked.
3 
There shall be paid in advance, in respect of the matters referred to in the first column of the Schedule hereto arising under the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984, the fees respectively specified in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the references to those matters.
4 
The said fees shall be payable to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”).
5 
If an application for the classification of a crop of seed potatoes is withdrawn before the arrival of an inspector for the purpose of inspecting the crop for the first time any fee paid in respect of that crop in accordance with regulation 3 of these Regulations, less an amount of £5 in respect of each half-hectare or part thereof of that crop, shall be repaid to the applicant.
6 
The Minister may refund in whole or in part fees paid under regulation 3 of these Regulations if, in his opinion, an effective health assessment of a crop or part of a crop is not possible for reasons beyond the control of the grower.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 6th April 1989.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
6th April 1989
SCHEDULE
Regulation 3


 Total fee
Matter New fee Old fee
Crop inspection and provision of seals and labels in respect of crops for which an application has been made for classification as:  
 £ £
A. Basic Seed Potatoes

(a) VTSC class per half-hectare or part thereof 44.00 (38.00)

(b) Super Elite class per half-hectare or part thereof 39.50 (34.00)

 Minimum fee  79.00 (68.00)

(c) Elite class per half-hectare or part thereof 38.50 (33.00)

 Minimum fee  77.00 (66.00)

(d) AA class per half-hectare or part thereof 26.50 (22.50)

 Minimum fee  53.00 (45.00)
B. Certified Seed Potatoes (that is to say CC class) per half-hectare
or part thereof  26.00 (22.50)
Minimum fee  52.00 (45.00)