The Seed (England) (Amendments for Tests and Trials etc.) Regulations 2006

Made: 24th August 2006

Laid before Parliament: 30th August 2006

Coming into force: 23rd September 2006

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Title and commencement

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Amendment of the Beet Seed (England) Regulations 2002

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Amendment of the Cereal Seed (England) Regulations 2002

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Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seed (England) Regulations 2002

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Amendment of the Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (England) Regulations 2002

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Amendment of the Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002

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Signed

Ben Bradshaw — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 24th August 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the following regulations:

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

They give effect to Commission Decision 2004/842/EC of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p 21), which sets out the conditions under which beet, cereal, fodder plant, oil and fibre plant and vegetable seed which have not yet been added to a National List may be marketed for test and trial purposes or, in the case of vegetable seed, for purposes of gaining knowledge from practical experience during cultivation.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment and a Transposition Note have been prepared for these Regulations and copies have been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LF.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c.14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), S.I. 1977/1112 and section 2 of the Agriculture Act 1986(c.49); seesection 38(1) for a definition of “the Minister”.

[^f00002]: Under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties Act 1964 which remained vested in that Minister at the date of the Order were transferred to the Secretary of State.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2002/3171, as amended by S.I. 2004/2385 and S.I. 2005/2671.

[^f00004]: OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p21.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2001/3501 as amended by S.I. 2004/2949

[^f00006]: S.I. 2002/3173, as amended by S.I. 2004/2386, S.I. 2005/2672 and S.I. 2006/1678.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2002/3172, as amended by S.I. 2004/2387, S.I. 2005/2673 and S.I. 2006/1678.

[^f00008]: S.I. 2002/3174, as amended by S.I. 2003/3101, S.I. 2004/2388 and S.I. 2005/2674.

[^f00009]: S.I. 2002/3175, as amended by S.I. 2004/2389 and S.I. 2005/2675.

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Editorial notes

[^key-1c844deefd5c2d0fa6c2ab430aa9430e]: Regulations revoked (22.11.2010) by The Seed Marketing Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2605), reg. 34(t)