{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2206",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Potatoes Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 30th September 1991\nLaid before Parliament 4th October 1991\nComing into force 11th October 1991\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (8) and 36 as read with section 38(1) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and paragraphs 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 and by S.I. 1977/1112; section 16 is applied to seed potatoes by section 29(1); section 29 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972, section 4(1) and paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 4 and by S.I. 1977/1112; and section 38(1) was amended by S.I. 1978/272, Schedule 5, paragraph 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2206/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}