Introductory text

SEEDS

Made 1st March 1988

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1988

Coming into force 1st April 1988

The 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)(e), (8), and 38(1) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^f1 as extended to Northern Ireland^f2 and now vested in them^f3, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of the said Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 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); section 38(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f2: 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).
f3: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.