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Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Establishments, Varieties, Plants and Propagating Material

Tables

Table 1 : Fees Payable from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

 

TABLE 1

 

FEES PAYABLE FROM 1 APRIL 2024 to 31 MARCH 2025

 

No.

Particulars of service and purpose

Tariff

1.

TARIFFS PROVIDED FOR BY LEGISLATION

1.1

Issuing of Export Certificate under section 27
(a) Application for a certificate [Reg. 45A(2)(a)]

R  122,00 per certificate
(b) Inspection and sampling of plant and propagating material within official office hours [Reg. 45(3)]

R 310,00 per half hour or portion thereof
(c) Purity analysis [Reg. 45(3)]

R 227,00 each
(d) Germination [Reg. 45(3)]

R 1030,00 each

1.2

Registration of premises under section 7
(a) Application for registration of premises in respect of a business [Reg. 2(2)(b)]

R 495,00 for one type of business plus R 241,00 for each additional type of business on the same premises
(b) Application for renewal of registration of premises in respect of a business [Reg. 3(2)]

R 495,00 for one type of business plus R 241,00 for each additional type of business on the same premises
(c) Conduction of examination for a seed analyst to act as responsible officer of a seed testing laboratory [Reg. 8A(6)(i)]

R 574,00 per person per day

1.3

Variety listing (recognition of a variety)
(a) Application fee in respect of the recognition of variety [Reg. 16(b)]

R 1 965,00 each
(b) Examination fee for variety list placement: [Reg. 17(1)]

Category A (agronomic, vegetable and pasture crops and sweet corn)

Category B (white and  yellow maize)

Category C (fruit crops)

R 2 290,00 each

R 2 607,00 each

R 4 250,00 each
(c) Application for the alteration or supplementation of the denomination of a variety [Reg. 20A]

R 3 276,00 each

1.4

General
(a) Perusal of a document [Reg. 52(1)]

R 735,00 per occasion
(b) Application for a copy of a document [Reg. 52(3)]

As per Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Section 22 of PAIA

(c) Lodgment of appeal against a decision of or steps taken by the Registrar [Reg. 53(1)(d)]

R 7 847,00 each

2.

TARIFFS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY LEGISLATION

2.1

Unjustified complaints concerning plants or propagation material
(a) inspection, sampling and sealing within official office hours

R 310,00 per half hour or portion thereof
(b) Purity analysis (grasses excluded)

R 227,00 each
(c) Purity analyses on grasses (excluding where degluming or the blowing method is required)

R 495,00 each
(d) Purity analysis on grasses that require degluming

R 784,00 each
(e) Purity analysis on grasses that require the uniform blowing method

R 655,00 each
(f) Germination test

R 1 030,00 each
(g) Weighed replicate germination test

R 1 229,00 each
(h) Tetrazolium test

R 1 229,00 each

2.2

Seed analyses and seed technological examinations
(a) Purity analysis (grasses excluded)

R 227,00 each
(b) Purity analyses on grasses (excluding where degluming or the blowing method is required)

R 495,00 each
(c) Purity analysis on grasses that require degluming

R 748,00 each
(d) Purity analysis on grasses that require the uniform blowing method

R 655,00 each
(e) Germination test

R 1 030,00 each
(f) Weighed replicate germination test

R 1 229,00 each
(g) Other seed determination

R 670,00 each
(h) Alkaloid test

R 174,00 each
(i) Moisture determination

R 320,00 each
(j) Tetrazolium test

R 1 229,00 each
(k) Preference testing for (a) to (j) above

Double tariff
(l) Seed identification

R 348,00 per hour
(m) Seed quality investigation

R 523,00 per hour
(n) Annual courses presented in seed testing methods and techniques for a trainee seed analyst

R 5 521,00 per person
(o) Specialist workshop presented in seed testing methods and techniques for a qualified seed analyst

R 1 109,00 per person per day

2.3

International certificates
(a) Issuing of seed quality certificates

R 307,00 per certificate
(b) Sampling and sealing of containers within official office hours

R 310,00 per half hour or portion thereof including travelling
(c) Seals for sealing containers

R 0,20 per seal

2.4

Seals for Sealing Containers of Seed for Which an Export Certificate Has Been Issued Under Section 27 of the Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act no 53 of 1976)

R 0,20 per seal

2.5

Application for authorisation to import unlisted varieties

R 146,00 per authorisation for a maximum of 10 varieties

Application for authorisation to establish propagating material of unlisted varieties exceeding the limit for imported amount

Free

Application for authorisation to sell propagating material of locally produced unlisted varieties

Free

2.6

Examination of samples to determine conformity with variety descriptions (see categories under 1.3)

R 2 290,00 (Cat. A)

R 2 607,00 (Cat. B)

R 4 250,00 (Cat. C)

2.7

Plant Improvement services rendered in respect of the maintenance and provision of plant propagation material derived from nucleus plants kept at a departmental quarantine station
(a) Vegetative propagation material (buds)

R 3,00 per bud
(b) Vegetative propagation material (cuttings)

R 21,00 per cutting
(c) Vegetative propagation material (growing tips for in vitro propagation)

R 21,00 per growing tip
(d) Plants of various fruit crops

R 24,00 per plant
(e) Management of gene source material in repositories

R 146,00 per unit

2.8

Application for addition of a synonym for approved denomination of a variety

R 3 276,00 each

2.9

Application for Hemp Permit

R 751,00 each

 

[Table 1 substituted by Notice No. R. 5909, GG52185, dated 28 February 2025 - effective 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026]