Welsh Statutory Instruments
Seeds, Wales
Made
21 April 2017
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
26 April 2017
Coming into force
18 May 2017
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1), make the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 16(1) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be concerned.
1964 (c.14); Section 16(1) was amended and section 16(1A) was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 5. The functions of the Minister, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales)(No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272). Those functions were then transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales now vest in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).