{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1027",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS\nMade 8th April 1998\nLaid before Parliament 9th April 1998\nComing into force 8th May 1998\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 on them by sections 17(8), 18(1)(a) and (c), 18(2), 22(2), 24, 26(2)(a), 28(1) and (2), 44 and 48(1) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997, after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of persons likely to be substantially affected and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.3.2002) by The Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/247), regs. 1(1), 23(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 66; see section 49(1) for the definition of “the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 53. Schedule 1 is amended by section 51(5) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1027/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:15.062051+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."
}