Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1985/1529 |
| Year | 1985 |
1985 No. 1529
SEEDS
The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 198530thSeptember 1985
14thOctober 1985
On dates specified in regulation 2(2)On dates specified in regulation 2(2)Remainder4thNovember 1985
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(1), (1A), (5) and (8) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(a), as extended to Northern Ireland by the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964(b) and the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1973(c) and now vested in them(d) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned in accordance with section 16(1) of the said Act of 1964, hereby make the following regulations:—
Title
1. These regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 1985.
Commencement and duration
2.—(1) These regulations, except regulation 5, shall come into operation on 4th November 1985.
(2) Of regulation 5 of these regulations—
(a) paragraph (1)(a) shall come into operation on 1st August 1986 and shall cease to have effect on 1st August 1987;
(b) paragraph (1)(b) shall come into operation on 1st August 1987; and
(c) paragraph (2) shall come into operation on 1st August 1986.
(a) 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4.
(b) S.I. 1964/1574.
(c) S.I. 1973/609.
(d) In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.
Amendment of principal regulations
3. The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982(a) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these regulations.
4.—(1) In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (National Lists) the words "hybrid or" shall be deleted.
(2) After paragraph (2) of that regulation there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
"(3) Where a plant variety to which paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 2 applies is entered in a National List, the National List shall indicate the purpose for which that variety is so entered."
5.—(1) In paragraph (3)(a) of regulation 11 (applications)—
(a) with effect from 1st August 1986, for the word "three" there shall be substituted the word "five"...
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