The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Schedule 5 N.I.

62.  In Schedule 5, in paragraph 5—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3)—

(i) in paragraph (b), for “in any member” to the end, substitute “ in a register of varieties ”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d), at the end, add “ of varieties ”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “outside Northern Ireland” substitute “ any part of the United Kingdom, other than Northern Ireland, or in another country which is a member of UPOV ”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (7), for the definition of “register of varieties” substitute—

““register of varieties” means, in relation to the registration of varieties, the register maintained—

(a) in Northern Ireland, under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3;

(b) in England, under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 to the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017;

(c) in Scotland, under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 4 to the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017;

(d) in Wales, paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 to the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017;”

(d) omit paragraph 8(2)(a).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 62 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)