{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1093",
  "legislation_title": "The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seeds-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEEDS\nMade 24th June 1987\nLaid before Parliament 6th July 1987\nComing into force 27th July 1987\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (8), 17(1), (2), (3) and (4) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, 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 paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1093/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."
}