{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-amendment-england-and-wales-rules-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3198",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal (Amendment) (England and Wales) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-amendment-england-and-wales-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 18th December 2002\nLaid before Parliament 20th December 2002\nComing into force 27th January 2003\nThe 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 1997, and having consulted the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992, c. 53."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3198/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}