{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1353",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 3rd July 1990\nLaid before Parliament 11th July 1990\nComing into force\nRegulation 2(a) 1st August 1992\nRemainder 1st August 1990\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1), (1A), (3) and (8) and 38(1) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, as extended to Northern Ireland, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of the said Act of 1964, 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 Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) and section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By section 39(3) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 and by the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/609)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1353/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."
}