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Statutory Instruments
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS
Made
9th March 1994
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1994
Coming into force
1st April 1994
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for North ern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section s 9(1) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) as extended to Northern Ireland(2), and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, as respects the Isle of Man, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man(3), and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 9(1) of that Act and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(4), hereby make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
2. For the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990(5) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
3. The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993(6) are revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
L.S.
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
23rd February 1994.
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
22nd February 1994
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
7th March 1994
Patrick Mayhew
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
9th March 1994
Michael Howard
Secretary of State for the Home
Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)
28th February 1994
We approve,
Andrew Mackay
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
23rd February 1994
Regulation 2
Regulation 3(1)
| Plant Variety | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| New fee £ | Old fee £a | |
a Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 (S.I.1990/618) as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/430) before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/) on 1st April 1994. | ||
1. A rose variety | 45 | (50) |
2. A chrysanthemum variety | 245 | (270) |
3. Any other decorative variety | 120 | (135) |
4. Any other variety | 245 | (270) |
| Plant Variety | Test or examination for which payable | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New fee £ | Old fee £a | ||
a Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/430) before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/) on 1st April 1994. | |||
1. A cereal (excluding maize) variety | Tests in any one year | 665 | (830) |
2. A maize variety | Tests in any one year | 410 | (515) |
3. A potato variety | Tests in any one year | 620 | (775) |
4. A beetroot, Brussels sprout, cabbage, celery, fenugreek, turnip or fodder variety | Tests in any one year | 580 | (725) |
5. A herbage variety | Tests in any one year | 410 | (515) |
6. A field pea, vegetable pea, field bean or broad bean variety | Tests in any one year | 495 | (620) |
7. An oil and fibre (including oilseed rape) variety | Tests in any one year | 410 | (515) |
8. A rose variety | Tests in any one year | 75 | (95) |
9. A year-round perennial chrysanthemum variety season | Tests in each flowering | 165 | (205) |
10. Any other chrysanthemum variety | Tests in any one year | 165 | (205) |
11. A cymbidium variety | Each examination | 210 | (260) |
12. A fruit variety | Tests in any one year | 165 | (205) |
13. Any other variety | Tests in any one year | 210 | (260) |
| Plant Variety | Amount each year | |
|---|---|---|
| New fee £ | Old fee £a | |
a Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/430) before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/) on 1st April 1994. | ||
1. A rose variety | 45 | (50) |
2. A chrysanthemum variety | 295 | (325) |
3. Any other decorative variety | 155 | (170) |
4. A vegetable variety (excluding a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) | 150 | (165) |
5. A fruit variety | 295 | (325) |
6. Any other variety (including a vegetable pea or broad bean variety) | 390 | (435) |
| Matter | When payable | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New fee £ | Old fee £a | ||
a Note: The figures in italics are the fees which were charged under the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 as amended by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I.1993/430) before the coming into force of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/) on 1st April 1994." | |||
1. Application for a compulsory licence. | On making the application | 50 | (50) |
2. Application to extend, limit, vary or revoke a compulsory licence. | On making the application | 50 | (50) |
3. Making representations in writing to the Controller in connection with any application, or in connection with a proposal to terminate any plant breeders' rights or to revoke or terminate any extension of such rights. | On delivering the representations | 25 | (25) |
4. Attending to be heard by the Controller or by a person appointed by him for the purpose. | Before the hearing | 50 | (50) |
5. Grant of plant breeders' rights in- | Before the issue of the document constituting evidence of the grant | ||
a variety referred to in item 1 in Part I of this Schedule | 35 | (35) | |
a variety referred to in item 3 in Part I of this Schedule | 105 | (105) | |
a variety referred to in item 2 or item 4 in Part I of this Schedule | 130 | (130) | |
6. Giving a protective direction. | Before the issue of the document constituting evidence of the giving of the protective direction | 25 | (25) |
7. Payment of a renewal fee after the expiration of 7 days from the date when it fell due, except in a case where an application has been made for the period for payment to be extended. | On payment of the renewal fee | 25 | (25) |
8. Application for the approval of a substituted name for a plant variety. | On making the application | 25 | (25) |
9. Registration of title and amendment of thefor registration register of plant varieties on a transfer of plant breeders' rights or a share in such rights. | On making the application | 25 | (25) |
10. Purchase of a report from a testing authority in another country. | Within 14 days of demand by the Controller | 165 | (165) |
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations amend the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 by prescribing revised fees in respect of matters arising under the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978 (as amended) (regulation 2).
The matters in respect of which the revised fees are prescribed are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations, and the fees which were chargeable before these Regulations came into force are printed in italics beside the revised fees.
Application and renewal fees have been reduced by approximately 10 per cent. Test fees have been reduced by approximately 20 per cent. Fees payable in respect of other matters remain unchanged.
1964 c. 14; see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I.1978/272) for the definition of "the Ministers", section 39(3)(a) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations, for the substitution of a definition of the Ministers including the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man.
By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1574).
By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969.
S.I. 1993/430.
