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Statutory Instruments
Seeds, England
Made
19th June 2023
Laid before Parliament
20th June 2023
Coming into force
14th July 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3) and (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) and now vested in the Secretary of State, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to the Secretary of State to be concerned.
1964 c. 14 (“the 1964 Act”). Section 16 was amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 2 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49), sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and S.I. 1977/1112. See section 38(1) of the 1964 Act for the definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the 1964 Act were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 2002/794.
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