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The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/3510 · Made 29 October 2001 · Extends to United Kingdom

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AGRICULTURE

Made 29th October 2001

Laid before Parliament 31st October 2001

Coming into force 1st December 2001

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the National Assembly for Wales, being designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only) in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section, hereby make the following Regulations:—

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Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 5 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.R. 2020/302, reg. 25)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1972/1811; in the case of the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/2788.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3GB Variety Lists of plant varieties and the Gazette
  4. 4Applications in relation to GB Variety Lists
  5. 5Acceptance of plant varieties
  6. 5AAmateur vegetable varieties
  7. 6Naming of plant varieties
  8. 7Maintainers of plant varieties
  9. 8Official measures
  10. 9Arrangements for official measures
  11. 10Fees
  12. 11Marketing Prohibition Notices
  13. 12Maintenance of accepted plant varieties
  14. 13Duration of acceptance of plant varieties
  15. 14Revocation of acceptance of plant varieties and maintainers
  16. 15Records
  17. 16Representations and hearings
  18. 17Appeals
  19. 18Obstruction
  20. 19Offences and penalties
  21. 20Offences due to fault of another person and defence of due diligence
  22. 21Application of provisions of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964
  23. 22Enforcement
  24. 23Service of notices etc.
  25. 24Revocations and savings and transitional provisions
  26. 25Amendments of certain Regulations relating to seed marketing
  27. Signature
  28. Schedule 1: VARIETIES OF PLANT SPECIES ON GB VARIETY LISTS AND DEROGATED SPECIES
  29. Part I: Varities of plant species on GB Variety Lists
  30. 1Agricultural crop varieties
  31. 2Vegetable varieties
  32. Part II: Derogated species
  33. 1Derogation in respect of requirement to provide a GB Variety List
  34. 2Derogation in respect of requirement to provide a GB Variety List or restrict marketing
  35. 3Derogation in respect of marketing restrictions
  36. Schedule 2: DISTINCTNESS, STABILITY, SUFFICIENT UNIFORMITY AND SATISFACTORY VALUE FOR CULTIVATION AND USE
  37. Part I: Distinctness, stability and sufficient uniformity
  38. 1Distinctness
  39. 1AParagraph 1A
  40. 2Stability
  41. 3Sufficient uniformity
  42. Part II: Satisfactory value for cultivation and use
  43. 1Satisfactory value for cultivation and use
  44. 2Satisfactory value for cultivation and use of component varieties of varietal associations
  45. IIIVarieties the appropriate authority do not need to be satisfied are of satisfactory value for cultivation and use
  46. Explanatory note