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The Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/1452 · Made 29 May 1996 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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SEEDS

Made 29th May 1996

Laid before Parliament 10th June 1996

Coming into force 1st July 1996

The 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) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964f1 and now vested in themf2 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3175), regs. 1, 32(1)(a) (with reg. 32(2)); and revoked (W.) (18.11.2005) by The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3035), regs. 1(2), 32(1)(a)

Footnotes

f1

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68). See section 38(1) for a definition of“the Ministers”.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencementF1I1

These Regulations may be cited as the Vegetable Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

2Amendment of the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993F1I1

(1)

The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993f1 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In the table in paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 5 (sampling of seed lots) there shall be added at the end the following new line—

“

20,001 kg and aboveone primary sample for each 700 kg but not less than 40

”.

(3)

In the table in Part II of Schedule 5 (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample) there shall be substituted for the figure “20” in the columns headed “Maximum lot weight (tonnes)” opposite the entries “Broad bean”, “French bean” and “Pea” in the columns headed “Kind”the figure “25”.

Signature

F1Tim Boswell

Parliamentary Secretary,Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

29th May 1996

Lindsay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office

16th May 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Welsh Office

8th May 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st July 1996, amend the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 so as to implement Commission Directive 96/18/EC (OJ No. L76, 26.3.96, p.21) amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials. The maximum seed lot weight for seeds of broad bean, French bean and pea is increased to 25 tonnes.

These Regulations also make provision for the minimum requirements in respect of primary sampling of seed lots of 20,001 kg and above.