The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964[^f00001] and now vested in them[^f00002] 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:—

Title and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 22nd November 1993.

Amendment

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• (1) The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993[^f00003] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

• (2) In Schedule 4 Part I paragraph 7 shall be deleted.

• (3) In Schedule 4 Part II paragraph 5 shall be deleted.

Signed

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 1993

Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993.

The Regulations remove the requirement that field pea crops must be isolated by 50 metres, throughout the whole of their growing period, from all other kinds of pea crops. The Regulations also remove the requirement that a sample of field peas must be found to be free fromPseudomonas syringae p.v.pisi (pea bacterial blight) before they can be certified as Breeders' Seed, Pre–Basic Seed, Basic Seed or Certified Seed of the First Generation.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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”.

[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1993/2009.