Plant Variety and Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (SI 109 of 2021)

GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 109 OF 2021 The Plant Variety and Seeds Act (Laws, Volume 14 Cap. 236) The Plant Variety and Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in sections 35 and 84 of the Plant Variety and Seeds Act, the following Regulations are made: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Variety and Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, and shall be read as one with the Plant Variety and Seeds Regulations, 2018, in these Regulations referred to as the principal Regulations. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st January, 2022. 2. The principal Regulations are amended by the revocation of the Seventh Schedule and the substitution therefor of the Schedule set out in the Appendix. Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from the Government Printer, P.O.Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka Price K8.00 each 31st December, 2021 Statutory Instruments 789 Title and Commence ment S.I. No. 23 of 2018 Revocation and replacement of Seventh Schedule 790 Statutory Instruments 31st December, 2021 APPENDIX (Regulation 2) SEVENTH SCHEDULE (Regulations 48) PRESCRIPTION FEES A. REGISTRATION AS SEED GROWER Fee Units 1. Potato 1,200 per hectare 2. Hybrid crops 900 per hectare 3. Other crops 650 per hectare 4. Quality declared seed 200 per hectare 5. Late registration 25% more on original fee B. LICENCES 1. Seed Seller’s Licence (a) Wholesale and Retail 1,050 per annum (b) Wholesale 967 per annum (c) Retail 533.33 per annum 2. Other Licenses (a) Seed Inspector’s Licence 700 per annum (b) Seed Analyst’s Licence 700 per annum (c) Seed Sampler’s Licence 700 per annum (d) Seed Certifying Agency Licence 17,000 per annum (e) Seed Processing Licence 3333.33 per annum (f) Seed Importers Licence 3,500 per annum (g) Seed Testing License 3333.33 per annum C. TESTING OF SEEDS Species Purity Germination Weed determination Moisture by number Content 1. Cereals 250 250 250 250 2. Pulses 250 250 250 250 3. Oil crops 250 250 250 250 4. Fibre crops 250 250 250 250 5. Cotton fuzzy 250 250 250 250 6. Cotton acid de-linted 250 250 250 250 7. Herbage grasses 250 250 250 250 8. Herbage legumes 250 250 250 250 9. Vegetables 250 250 250 250 10. Stimulant crops 250 250 250 250 11. Tobacco 250 250 250 250 12. Others 250 250 250 250 13. Flowers 250 250 250 250 31st December, 2021 Statutory Instruments 791 D. VARIETY TESTING AND REGISTRATION US Dollars 1. Application for pre-release 20.00 per application 2. Application for release 20.00 per application 3. Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability test 150.00 per variety per annum 4. National variety release trials. . 150.00 per variety per site per annum 5. Control growing . 50.00 per seedlot per site 6. Purchase of Value for Cultivation and Use Report 50.00 per variety 7. Purchase of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) Report 50.00 per variety E. MISCELLANEOUS TESTS Fee Units 1. Seed Health Test (a) Mycological . 1,000 (b) Bacteriological . 1,000 (c) Virological . 1,000 2. Verification of cultivars 3,500 3. Tuber control 700 per lot 4. Tetrazolium Test 1,000 5. Weight per 1,000 seeds (per test) 300 6. Defect test 300 7. Grading test 300 8. Tobacco blowing 400 per Kg 9. Other 1,000 F. CERTIFICATES 1. ISTA-Orange International Seedlot Certificate 1,500 2. ISTA-Blue International Seed Sample Certificate 1,500 3. Seed Import Permit (a) Vegetables 500 (b) Other crops 500 . . . G. TRAINING AND INSPECTION Foreign National (US$) Zambian (US$) 1. Attachment to— (a) Official Seed Testing Station .50 per day . 20 per day (b) Seed Systems and Inspections Section .50 per day . 20 per day (c) Variety Testing, Registration and 50 per day 20 per day Protection Section 2. Training material (a) Books .55 per copy . 25 per copy (b) Booklets . 7 per copy . 5 per copy (c) Other bound lecture material . 5 per copy . 5 per copy 792 Statutory Instruments 31st December, 2021 Foreign National (US$) Zambian (US$) 3. Inspection of certifying Agency USD 2,000 or the Kwacha equivalent Per inspection 4. Inspection of seed testing laboratory USD 1,000 or the 0Kwacha equivalent Per inspection H.APPEAL . . . .18,000 Notes 1. The charges for ISTA certificates are in addition to the fees for seed testing. 2. Double the normal fees shall be charged for the tests required to be done immediately and not in the normal sequence. 3. Fees for seed testing are charged per test. 4. Training costs do not include cost of training materials, board and lodging. R.R.P. MTOLO, LUSAKA Minister of Agriculture 31st December, 2021