{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/407",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-fees-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 18th December 2002\nComing into operation 29th January 2003\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1(1), 1(2A), 2(2) and (4) of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel with regard to the licensing fee for licensed testing establishments, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Vegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/387), regs. 1, 32(2)(b) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/386), regs. 1, 32(2)(b) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/385), regs. 1, 33(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Beet Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/384), regs. 1, 29(2)(b) (with reg. 29(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Regulations revoked for specified purposes (31.12.2009) by The Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/388), regs. 1, 41(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As inserted by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 Art. 3 and Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1965 c. 22 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Finance: see S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/407/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:28.397066+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."
}