{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-17.json",
  "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/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Respondent authority's statement, etc",
  "text": "(1) On receiving notice of appeal under rule 15 the secretary shall serve a copy on the respondent authority which shall within 28 days supply the secretary with a copy of its decision and of the reasons for it, together with two copies of a statement in Form 9.\n(2) On receiving the respondent authority's statement, the secretary shall serve a copy on the appellant together with a notice in Form 10.\n(3) Where any person is entitled under rule 16(2) to appear and be heard as a party to any appeal—\n(a) the respondent authority shall, when supplying a statement under paragraph (1) of this rule, supply the secretary with a list containing the names and addresses of the persons so entitled;\n(b) the secretary shall serve on each such person a notice in Form 3 together with a copy of the notice of appeal and of the respondent authority's statement;\n(c) rule 5(1) shall apply in relation to each such persons as it applies in relation to a person entitled to appear under the Part I regulations as if for the reference therein to rule 4(2)(b) there were substituted a reference to sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph.\n(4) The respondent authority shall, on giving notice in that behalf to the secretary, be entitled to inspect any document and any plants or plant material or basic material supplied or made available by any party to the appeal and to be supplied with copies of any such document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1136/article/17",
    "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."
}