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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

Made 10th July 1985

Laid before Parliament 25th July 1985

Coming into Operation 16th August 1985

The 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 on them by sections 1(1) and (5), 3(1) and 5(7) of, and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^f1 as extended to Northern Ireland^f2 and now vested in them^f3, and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man^f4, after consultation in accordance with section 1(5) of the said Act with the Controller of Plant Variety Rights and with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following scheme:—