
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th April 1991.
2 

(1) The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 3 (payment of fees)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (2) below”;
(ii) sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted;
(iii) for sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(d) a renewal fee, being the new fee set out in the second column of Part III of the Schedule in relation to a year of retention of a plant variety in a National List opposite the reference in the first column of the said Part III to the plant variety of the kind retained in the National List, such fee being payable, subject to regulation 4(3) below, before the beginning of the year of retention in the National List;”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (e) “Part IV” shall be substituted for “Part V” in each of the three places in which it occurs;
(b) paragraph (3) shall be omitted.
(3) In paragraph (2) of regulation 4 (renewal fees) “Part III” shall be substituted for “Part IV”.
(4) For the Schedule there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th March 1991.Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
5th March 1991David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
6th March 1991Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
8th March 1991
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(4)
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SCHEDULE
Regulation 3
PART I

 Amount
 New fee Old fee
Plant Variety £ £

1 
Any variety 250 (170 to 440)

PART II

 Amount
 New fee Old fee
Plant Variety £ £

1 
A cereal (excluding maize) variety 800 (850 or 900)

2 
A maize variety 500 (850)

3 
A potato variety 750 (750)

4 
A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot, celery, curly kale, leek, onion radish, turnip or fodder variety 700 (700)

5 
A herbage, field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean variety 600 (700 or 800)

6 
An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) variety 500 (700 or 750)

7 
Any other variety 250 (700)

PART III

 Amount each year
 New fee Old fee
Plant Varieties £ £

1 
A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) 150 (135 to 255)

2 
Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) 250 (160 to 460)

PART IV

  Amount
  New fee Old fee
Matter When Payable £ £

1 
Application for the substitution of a name in a National List On making the application 25 (25)

2 
Making written representation to the Ministers On delivering the representations 25 (25)

3 
Attending to be heard by a person appointed by the Ministers Before the hearing 50 (50)

4 
Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country Within 14 days of demand by the Minister 140 (135)

5 
Observation plot—trials for value for cultivation and use Within 14 days of demand by the Minister 115 (110)

6 
Entry in a National List Before entry in a National List 100 (100)
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