| Year | 2018 |
2018 No. 286
Plant Health, England
The Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) (Amendment) Order 2018
Made 1st March 2018
Laid before Parliament 5th March 2018
Coming into force 6th April 2018
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1) and 4A of the Plant Health Act 19671and now vested in the Secretary of State2.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) (Amendment) Order 2018 and comes into force on 6th April 2018.
Amendment of the Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) Order 2004
2.—(1) The Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) Order 20043is amended as follows.
(2) For article 4 substitute—
“4.—(1) The fees specified in the table in Schedule 3 are payable in respect of the services described in column 1 of the table by a person who applies for a certificate or a pre-export service.
(2) The amount of the fee in respect of any service described in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 is—
(a)
(a) in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application is made to pay fees of £250 or less in respect of services under this Order, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table, determined in accordance with the entries for that service in column 2 of that table;
(b)
(b) in any other case, the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 of that table, determined in accordance with the entries for that service in column 2 of that table.
(3) The fees specified in the entries in columns 3 and 4 of the table in Schedule 3 in respect of an inspection of a consignment or an audit of a grain inspection are payable for each 15 minutes (or part thereof) spent in carrying out the inspection or audit and any associated activities, subject to the minimum fees specified in those entries.
(4) Where a person submits an application for a certificate or a pre-export service or a request to amend a certificate in paper form (and not online), the following additional fee is payable in respect of the application or the request—
(a)
(a) in the case of a small exporter who, at the date of the application or request, has only been liable during the financial year in which the application or request is made to pay fees of £250 or less in respect of services under this Order, £7.43;
(b)
(b) in any other case, £14.86.
(5) Any fee payable under this article is payable to the Secretary of State on demand.
(6) In this article, “small exporter”, in relation to an application for a certificate or a pre-export service or a request to amend a certificate, means a person who—
(a)
(a) in the financial year in which the application or request is made—
(i) is not a taxable person for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 19944; or
(ii) does not make a taxable supply of plants, plant products, seeds, soil or agricultural machinery for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994; or
(b)
(b) in the financial year preceding the year in which the application or request is made, exported goods which were accompanied by a certificate the total value of which was less than £5,000.”.
(3) For Schedule 3 substitute—
“SCHEDULE 3
Article 4(1)
Fees for export certification services and pre-export services
In this Schedule—
“period 1” means the period ending on 30th September 2018;
“period 2” means the period beginning on 1st October 2018 and ending on 31st March 2019.
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