Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1953
Seeds, England
The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015
Made
30th November 2015
Laid before Parliament
2nd December 2015
Coming into force
1st January 2016
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) to (5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1).
The Secretary of State has consulted with representatives of such interests as appear to the Secretary of State to be concerned with the following Regulations in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act.
1964 c.14; section 16(1) was amended, and section 16(1A) was inserted, by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68); and section 16(3) was amended by S.I. 1977/1112. See section 38(1) for the definition of “the Minister”. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).