The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3038 (W.226)

SEEDS, WALES

The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Made

1 November 2005

Coming into force

18 November 2005

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 16(1), (1A), (2), (3), (4) and (5A), 24(5), 26(2) and (3) 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 it to be concerned and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(2), makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of, and Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68); see section 38(1) for a definition of “the Secretary of State”. 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 the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Secretary of State transferred by the 1978 transfer order were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.

(2)

1992 c. 53. as amended by Section 125 of and paragraph 33 of Schedule 12 to, the Governement of Wales Act 1998 (1998 c. 38)