{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-applications-in-designated-countries-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-applications-in-designated-countries-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1811",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Applications in Designated Countries) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-applications-in-designated-countries-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS\nMade 9th July 1996\nComing into force 1st August 1996\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(7) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, as extended to Northern Ireland and now vested in them and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 14; See section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272 and as read with section 39(3)(a)(ii)) for the definition of“the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/1574."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/1829."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1811/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}