{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-act-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/66",
  "legislation_title": "Plant Varieties Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“appointing authority” means—\n(a)in relation to an appointment under paragraph 2 above, the Lord Chancellor,\n(b)in relation to an appointment under paragraph 3 above, the Lord President of the Court of Session, and\n(c)in relation to an appointment under paragraph 4 above, the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission; and\n“relevant chairman” means—\n(a)in relation to proceedings brought before the Tribunal in England and Wales, the person appointed under paragraph 2 above,\n(b)in relation to proceedings brought before the Tribunal in Scotland, the person appointed under paragraph 3 above, and\n(c)in relation to proceedings brought before the Tribunal in Northern Ireland, the person appointed under paragraph 4 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 16 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 27(4) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:34.351902+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."
}