{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/155",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Seeds\nMade 28th July 2017\nComing into operation 1st August 2017\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 2(2) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Ministry of Agriculture became known as the Department of Agriculture by virtue of section 7(5) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act (c.36), and was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I 1999/283 (N.I. 1)). The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs by section 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1965 c.22 (N.I.). (“the 1965 Act”) Section 1 was amended by 1970 c.20 (N.I.), section 10(1) and S.R. & O.(N.I.) 1972 No. 351, article 3 and Schedule 3. Section 2 was amended by 1970 c.20 (N.I.), section 10(2) and S.R. 1977 No. 295, regulation 2. The 1965 Act apples to seed potatoes by virtue of section 12(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/155/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:51:43.788419+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."
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