Statutory Instruments
SEEDS
Made
15th October 1993
Laid before Parliament
27th October 1993
Coming into force
22nd November 1993
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1) and (8), 24(5) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964(1) and now vested in them (2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 22nd November 1993.
2. The Seeds (Registration, Licencing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985(3) shall be amended by deleting the words "Result of test for Pseudomonas syringae p.v.pisi infection" in Schedule 4 Part II (certificates of the results of tests of seeds) after the table relating to the results of tests for varietal purity.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th October 1993.
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office
13th October 1993
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
15th October
(This note is not part of the Regulation)
These Regulations further amend the Seeds (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) Regulations 1985 by removing the requirement for the result of a test for Pseudomonas syringae p. v. pisi (pea bacterial blight) infection to be noted on the certificate of the result of an official test of seeds.
1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), section 4(1) and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4. See section 38(1) for a definition of "the Ministers".
In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.