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Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

S.R. 1996/242 · Made 18 June 1996

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SEEDS

Made 18th June 1996

Coming into operation . 22nd July 1996

The Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1f1, 2 and 12(1) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

As amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 3

f2

1965 c. 22 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 1996.

2Amendment of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981

In the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981f1 in Schedule 4, Part III (Marking of packages and containers for basic seed potatoes exported from Northern Ireland) paragraph 3(d) shall be deleted.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on

L.S.

L. G. McKibben

Assistant Secretary

18th June 1996.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 by removing the requirement to mark the name of the variety on packages and containers of basic seed potatoes produced in Northern Ireland which are exported or intended to be exported from Northern Ireland.