Introductory text

United Kingdom

Seeds, England

Made 3rd December 2012

Laid before Parliament 10th December 2012

Coming into force 31st December 2012

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers in sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^f1, after consultation in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act with representatives of such interests as appear to be concerned, and in exercise of the powers in paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f3 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the reference in these Regulations to Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries^f4 to be construed as a reference to that Decision as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1964 c.14. Section 16 has been amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), section 4 and Schedule 4, paragraph 5; S.I. 1977/1112; and the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), section 2. See section 38(1) for the definition of “the Minister”. Under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 which remained vested in that Minister were transferred to the Secretary of State.
f2: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 28, and amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), and Part 1 of the Schedule.
f3: Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Part 1 of the Schedule.
f4: OJ No L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10, as last amended by Council Decision 2007/780/EC (OJ No L 314, 1/12/2007, p. 20).