Statutory Instruments
SEEDS
Made
3rd August 1999
Laid before Parliament
5th August 1999
Coming into force
6th September 1999
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to England, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16(1) and (1A) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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 Minister”. Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State.