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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2726",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 6th November 1998\nLaid before Parliament 6th November 1998\nComing into force 16th November 1998\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) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, as extended to Northern Ireland, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, 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) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272 and as read with section 39(3)(a)(ii)) for the definition of “the Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/1574 and S.I. 1973/609."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2726/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."
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