{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-fees-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS\nMade 11th February 1987\nLaid before Parliament 20th February 1987\nComing into Force 1st April 1987\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 sections 9(1) and 36 of 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 in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 9(1) of the said Act of 1964 and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (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": "By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/189/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:54.799668+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."
}