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2001 No. 228

AGRICULTURE

Seed Potatoes (Crop Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

  Made 30th May 2001 
  Coming into operation 30th May 2001 

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development[1], in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 1 of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965[2] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Crop Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 30th May 2001.

    (2) In these Regulations, "the Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Fees
     2. Every person who makes an application to the Department for the certification of seed potato crops under regulation 8(1) of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001[3] shall forward with that application the appropriate fee in accordance with the Schedule.

Revocation
     3. The Seed Potatoes (Crop Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000[4] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on


30th May 2001.

L.S.


Liam McKibben
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development


"SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Fees for the certification of seed potato crops


Application Fee
     1. In the case of an application received by the Department on or before 30th May in any calendar year - 

     
(a) where the total area of the crop does not exceed 1 hectare

 £34·00
(b) where the total area of the crop exceeds 1 hectare

 £17·00 per half hectare or part of a half hectare
     2. In the case of an application received by the Department after 30th May in any calendar year - 

     
(a) where the total area of the crop does not exceed 1 hectare

 £51·00
(b) where the total area of the crop exceeds 1 hectare

 £25·50 per half hectare or part of a half hectare"


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)


These Regulations increase the fees payable to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in respect of the certification of seed potato crops arising under the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (regulation 2 and the Schedule).

In the case of an application received by the Department on or before 30th May in any calendar year: - 

In the case of an application received by the Department after 30th May in any calendar year: - 

The Regulations also revoke the Seed Potatoes (Crop Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (regulation 3).

Notes:

 [1] Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. See Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.))back

[2] 1965 c. 22 (N.I.) as amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Article 3 and Schedule 3back

[3] S.R. 2001 No. 188back

[4] S.R. 2000 No. 138back


ISBN 0-337-93974-8


  © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 20 June 2001

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