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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1136",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Parties",
  "text": "(1) The appellant and the respondent authority shall be parties to an appeal under the Part II regulations.\n(2) Any person who was under the Part II regulations entitled to make representations to, or to be heard by, the respondent authority in the proceedings in respect of which the decision was given, and who availed himself of that opportunity, shall be entitled to appear and be heard as a party to an appeal against the decision of the respondent authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1136/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:30:32.627448+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."
}