{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 28th January 2003\nComing into operation 31st January 2003\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1(1) and (2A) and 2 of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 1(1) of that Act, with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned, 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 Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 2009 (S.R. 2009/383), regs. 1, 32(2)(b) (with reg. 32(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1965 c. 22 (N.I.); sections 1 and 2 were amended by section 10 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (1970 c. 20 (N.I.)), by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 351 and by S.R. 1977 No. 295"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/42/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:57.960978+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."
}