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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Official Controls, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 2021/426 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Breeders’ Rights (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/204 UK Statutory Instruments
The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 2015/978 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 1999/1090 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998 1998/1028 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998 1998/1027 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specified Information) Regulations 1998 1998/1026 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998 1998/1025 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Breeders' Rights (Information Notices) Regulations 1998 1998/1024 UK Statutory Instruments
Pesticides Act 1998 1998/26 UK Public General Acts
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 1997/383 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 1994/676 UK Statutory Instruments
Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 1989/27 UK Public General Acts
The Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 1985/981 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Amendment) Regulations 1977 1977/1112 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974 1974/1136 UK Statutory Instruments
Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 1964/14 UK Public General Acts
Horticulture Act 1960 1960/22 UK Public General Acts