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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 17th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th February 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\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)(e) and (8) and 36 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 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. 1973/609."
    }
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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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