Introductory text
Agriculture
European Union
Seeds
Made 4th December 2020
Coming into operation 31st December 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs being a Department designatedf1 for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for references to the instruments specified in regulation 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).