{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/404",
  "legislation_title": "The Forest Reproductive Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 19th December 2002\nComing into operation 1st January 2003\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1 and 2 of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (“the Act of 1965”) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act of 1965 with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 22 (N.I.); section 1 was amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 c. 20 (N.I.) and S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351; section 2 was amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 and S.R. 1977 No. 295"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/404/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:30.513505+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."
}