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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

Made 28th February 1992

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1992

Coming into force 6th April 1992

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(5) and 3(1) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^f1 as extended to Northern Ireland^f2 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 Man^f3, 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:

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Footnotes

f1: 1964 c. 14; section 3 was amended by section 1 of the Plant Varieties Act 1983 (c. 17); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) for the definition of “the Ministers”, section 39(3)(a)(ii) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations, for the substitution of a definition of the Ministers including the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man.
f2: By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1574).
f3: By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969.