Introductory text
United Kingdom
SEEDS
Made 18th December 2002
Laid before Parliament 20th December 2002
Coming into force 27th January 2003
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 42 of and paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Plant Varieties Act 1997f1, and having consulted the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992f2 hereby makes the following Rules:
Annotations
Footnotes
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1997, c. 66. Paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 4 to the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14) provided for the creation of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal. Those provisions of the 1964 Act were revoked by the 1997 Act, section 42(1) of which provided for the continued existence of the Tribunal. These Rules take effect under paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the 1997 Act by virtue of section 17(2)(b) of the Interpretation Act 1978, c. 30. By virtue of regulation 32(2) of the Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3026), references in Schedule 3 to the 1997 Act to the statutory jurisdiction of the Tribunal shall be construed for the purposes of an appeal brought under regulation 32 as if including the Tribunal’s jurisdiction under those Regulations.
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