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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1871",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "agriculture\nMade 27th June 2007\nLaid before Parliament 2nd July 2007\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 2nd July 2007\nComing into force 27th July 2007\nThe Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.\nThey make the following Regulations acting jointly (the Welsh Ministers acting in relation to Wales only) under the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the Secretary of State, see S.I. 1972/1811; for the Welsh Ministers, see S.I. 2005/2766 and section 162 of, and paragraphs 28(1) and 30(1) and (2)(b) of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). The power of the Secretary of State, as a Minister designated by virtue of S.I. 1972/1811 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, to make regulations which extend to Scotland remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46). The Secretary of State’s power, as a Minister so designated, to make regulations which extend to Northern Ireland is confirmed by article 3(2) of S.I. 2000/2812."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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