
1 
This Order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Forestry) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st December 1991.
2 
The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1990 shall be amended by substituting for the Schedules thereto (which set out lists of fees) the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Order.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Forestry Commissioners is hereunto affixed on 4th November 1991.
P. J. Clarke
Secretary to the Forestry Commissioners
We consent,
Sydney Chapman
Nicholas Baker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th November 1991
SCHEDULE
Article 2
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SCHEDULE 1
Articles 3 to 5
PART I

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Item Service Basic Fee Alternative Fee
  £ £
1 Pre-export inspection ofand the issue of certificates for–
(a) up to 7 small consignments, to be exported under up to 7 certificates, or
(b) one shipment unit, to be exported under one certificate 39 15
2 The issue of one certificate for a consignment which has already been examined or tested or where a visit by an inspector to the applicant’s premises is not necessary 15 –
3 The taking of samples of seed for examination or testing –
(a) where the basic fee is payable the taking of three samples, and
(b) where the alternative fee is payable the taking of one sample 39 3.70
4 The inspection and the issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of seeds 15
SCHEDULE 1
Article 7
PART II

(1) (2) (3)
Item Service Fee £
1 Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of the licence where appropriate for–
 (a) scientific or commercial purposes 275
 (b) any other purpose 40
2 Consideration of the renewal of a licence for scientific or commercial purposes where no additional service is required, including the issue of the licence where appropriate 40
3 The inspection of articles imported under the terms of an import licence being an inspection required by the terms of that licence 39
SCHEDULE 2
Articles 3 to 6
PART I

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Item Service Basic Fee £ Alternative Fee £
1 The taking of one soil sample from a forest tree nursery or a woodland, or part thereof, which is not more than 4 hectares 39 15
2 The taking of two soil samples on the same visit from separate parts of a forest tree nursery or from woodlands on the same holding, the combined area of which is not more than 3 hectares 39 15
3 The taking of up to three samples of any growing medium for  container-grown forest tree plants 39 15
4 Laboratory testing of one soil sample 18.30 –
5 Growing season inspection–Where the basic fee is payable, one growing season inspection of–
(a) up to 0.1 of a hectare of outdoor forest tree plants (including forest tree plants in containers) or
(b) up to 1,000 indoor forest tree plantsand where the alternative fee is payable, one growing season inspection of–
(a) up to 1.0 hectare of outdoor forest tree plants, or
(b) up to 10,000 indoor forest tree plants 39 15
6 Pre-export inspection of and the issue of certificates for–
(a) up to 7 small consignments, to be exported under up to 7 certificates, or
(b) up to 25 tonnes of forest tree plants or soil, to be exported under one certificate 39 15
7 The inspection for any traces of soil or plant debris and the issue of one or more certificates for the export of used forestry machinery–
(a) where the basic fee is payable, the inspection of up to 5 forestry machines, and
(b) where the alternative fee is payable, the inspection of up to 10 forestry machines 39 15
8 The issue of one certificate, including any prior examination or test, without a visit by an inspector to the applicant’s premises 15 –
9 The issue of up to 20 certificates for the export of articles not requiring inspection on that occasion but requiring a visit to the applicant’s premises 39 15
10 The issue of one certificate by an inspector where an inspector has not had to visit the applicant’s premises in respect of the articles to be certified or to inspect those articles and where no examination or testing has been necessary 2.40 –
SCHEDULE 2
Article 7
PART II

(1) (2) (3)
Item Service Fee £
1 Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of the licence where appropriate 275
2 The inspection of articles imported for the purposes of a trade or business, being an inspection required by the terms of the import licence under which the articles were imported 39
3 Where the application for an import licence is for the import of articles for a scientific purpose and the number of types of article to be imported under the same licence exceeds 5, the inclusion of one type of article in the licence in addition to the first five 8
4 Where an import licence is used for the importation of articles for a scientific purpose, the variation of the licence so as to enable the importation of additional articles under that licence 32 plus 8 for each additional article
5 The issue of an import licence for the importation of articles not for the purposes of a trade or business nor for a scientific purpose 40
SCHEDULE 3
Article 3
PART I

(1) (2) (3)
Item Service Fee £
1 The taking of one soil sample from a forest tree nursery or a woodland, or part thereof, comprising not more than 4 hectares, or from a glasshouse or container–
 (a) for the first sample taken on any day, where no other chargeable visit is being made 69
 (b) for the first sample taken on any day, where another chargeable visit is being made 32
 (c) for the second and each subsequent sample taken on the same day as the first sample 32
2 Growing season inspection of–
 (a) up to 0·4 of a hectare of outdoor forest tree plants, per day 45
 each additional 0·4 of a hectare or part thereof of outdoor forest tree plants up to 11 hectares, per day 23
 (b) up to 5,000 indoor forest tree plants, per day 45
 each additional 5,000 indoor forest tree plants or part thereof up to 70,000, per day 23
3 Consideration of an application for the issue of one certificate for the export of forest tree plants, where no inspection is required 11
4 Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of a consignment of forest tree plants where an inspection at the premises of the grower or exporter is necessary and where–
 (a) the value of the consignment is not more than £50 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research 6
 (b) the value of the consignment is more than £50 but not more than £150 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research 16
 (c) the value of the consignment is more than £150 and the consignment comprises items for botanical research 21
 (d) the value of the consignment is more than £150 but not more than £300 and the consignment does not comprise items for botanical research 26
 (e) the value of the consignment is more than £300 and the consignment does not comprise items for botanical research 50
5 Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of a small consignment of forest tree plants where no inspection at the premises of the grower or exporter is necessary and where–
 (a) the value of the consignment is not more than £50 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research 6
 (b) the value of the consignment is more than £50 but not more than £150 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research 16
 (c) the value of the consignment is more than £150 whether or not the consignment comprises items for botanical research 21
6 Pre-export inspection of and the issue of one certificate for the export of used forestry machinery (such inspection being for traces of soil or plant debris) 50
SCHEDULE 3
Article 7
PART II

(1) (2) (3)
Item Service Fee £
1 Consideration of an application for the issue of an import licence and the performance of any connected service, including the issue of a licence, for articles imported for the following purposes, whether or not an inspection is required–
 (a) scientific 40
 (b) commercial 30
 (c) private 25
2 The inspection of articles for import, per day–
 (a) up to and including the first 30 minutes 40
 (b) thereafter, for each additional 30 minutes or part thereof 20”