{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seeds-amendment-england-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1791",
  "legislation_title": "The Beet Seeds (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seeds-amendment-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nENGLAND\nMade 7th July 2000\nLaid before Parliament 10th July 2000\nComing into force 1st August 2000\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (4) and (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, after consultation in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act with representatives of such interests as appear to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of and paragrah 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68); see section 38(1) for a definition of “the Minister\". Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1791/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:20.379267+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}