Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 655

The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 655

PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS

The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Made	12th March 1991

Laid before Parliament

22nd March 1991

Coming into force

12th April 1991

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(1) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964^[1] as extended to Northern Ireland^[2], and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting Jointly, as respects the Isle of Man, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man^[3], and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury in accordance with section 9(1) of that Act and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971^[4], hereby make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th April 1991.

Amendment of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990
    2.    For the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990^[5] there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

7th March 1991.

Strathclyde

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

5th March 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

6th March 1991

Peter Brooke

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

8th March 1991

Kenneth Baker

Secretary of State for the Home Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)

5th March 1991
We approve,

Thomas Sackville

Gregory Knight

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

12th March 1991

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Notes:

[1] 1964 c. 14; see section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 19781272) for the definition of "the Ministers", section 39(3)(a)(ii) for an extension to include the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Northern Ireland and the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations, for the substitution of a definition of the Ministers including the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man.

[2] By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1574).

[3] By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969.

[4] 1971 c. 62.

[5] S.I. 1990/618.

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