{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/676",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-fees-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 9th March 1994\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1994\nComing into force 1st April 1994\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 North ern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section s 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": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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) for the definition of “the Ministers” and section 39(3)(a) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/609)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/676/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."
}