Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Seeds
Made
16th February 2011
Coming into operation
11th April 2011
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2A) and 2 of the Seeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1965(2) after consultation, in accordance with section 1(1) of that Act, with representatives of such interests as appear to it to be concerned and in exercise of the powers in paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(3).
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department that it is expedient for any reference in these Regulations to Council Directive 2002/55/EC(4) on the marketing of vegetable seed and to Commission Directive 2009/145 providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed but for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those landraces and varieties(5) to be construed as references to those Directives as amended from time to time.
Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.R. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(4)
1965 c.22(N.I.); section 1 was amended by 1970 c.20(N.I.) section 10(1) and S.R. & O.(N.I.) section 10(2) and S.R. 1977 No.295 Art.2
1972 c.68 as amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006(c.51)
OJ No L193, 20.7.2002, p.33 as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/145/EC
OJ No L312,27.11.2009,p.44