Introductory text
England and Wales
Seeds, Wales
Made 11 September 2024
Laid before Senedd Cymru 16 September 2024
Coming into force 7 October 2024
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A), (3) and (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964f1 (“the 1964 Act”).
In accordance with section 16(1) of the 1964 Act, the Welsh Minsters have consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Welsh Minsters to be concerned.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1964 c. 14. Section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), S.I. 1977/1112 and section 2 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49). See section 38(1) of the 1964 Act for a definition of “the Minister”. Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) (“the 1978 Order”), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State and under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1, the functions transferred to the Secretary of State by the 1978 Order were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, those functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.