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The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

S.I. 1995/606 · Made 2 March 1995

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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

Made 2nd March 1995

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1995

Coming into force 1st April 1995

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, as respects the United Kingdom, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(1) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964f1 as extended to Northern Irelandf2, and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, as respects the Isle of Man, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Manf3, and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 9(1) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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”.

f2

S.I. 1964/1574.

f3

S.I. 1969/1829.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.

2Amendment of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990

In item 4 in the first column of Part II of the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990f1 there shall be inserted after the word “fenugreek,” the word “leek,”.

Signature

Howe

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

20th February 1995

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

17th February 1995

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

20th February 1995

Denton of Wakefield

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office

2nd March 1995

Michael Howard

Secretary of State for the Home

Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)

28th February 1995

We approve,

Derek Conway

Timothy Kirkhope

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

23rd February 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 (as amended) by adding leeks to the list of plant varieties for which fees are payable in respect of tests or examination in connection with an application for a grant of plant breeders' rights.