The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1563

SEEDS, ENGLAND

The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Made

12th June 2002

Laid before Parliament

28th June 2002

Coming into force

23rd July 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (1A)(e) 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 her to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) section 4(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3); see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) 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; and under article 2(a) and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) these functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. In respect of the Secretary of State, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Dissolution Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).