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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-propagating-material-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/59",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-propagating-material-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are principally made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular, those mentioned in section 8(2)(a), (c), (d) and (g) of that Act) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.\nPart 2 (regulations 2 to 8), made in exercise of powers under the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), make amendments to secondary legislation concerning the marketing of agricultural seed and fruit and vegetative plant propagating material:\nTo update references to a number of EU instruments referred to therein.\nTo include references to EEA states and Switzerland.\nTo make provision for the certification of seed intended for export and the labelling requirements in relation to imports and exports of seed.\nTo make provision for the labelling of seed potatoes produced outside Scotland (regulation 7).\nTo update a number of definitions.\nPart 3 (regulations 9 to 18) makes amendments to secondary legislation concerning the marketing of agricultural seed and fruit and vegetative plant propagating material, consequential on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.\nA business and regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/59/note",
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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."
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