Introductory text

England and Wales

Seeds, England

Made 30th November 2015

Laid before Parliament 2nd December 2015

Coming into force 1st January 2016

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) to (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^f1.

The Secretary of State has consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Secretary of State to be concerned with the following Regulations in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1964 c.14; section 16(1) was amended, and section 16(1A) was inserted, by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68); and section 16(3) was amended by S.I. 1977/1112. See section 38(1) for the definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).