{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 2nd July 1992\nLaid before Parliament 15th July 1992\nComing into force 5th August 1992\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 by sections 16(1), (1A) 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, after consultation in accordance with the said 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 Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) for the definition of “the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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/1992/1615/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."
}