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The Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998

 The Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S

1998 No. 1028 (C.23)

PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS AND SEEDS

The Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998

Made - - - - 8th April 1998

The Ministers, in exercise of their powers under section 54(3) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997(1), hereby make the following Order:—

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998.

Provisions coming into force on 8th May 1998

2. The Plant Varieties Act 1997, other than sections 49, 53 and 54(2), shall come into force on 8th May 1998.

8th April 1998

Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture,

Fisheries and Food

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

7th April 1998

Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh

Office

(1) 1997 c. 66; see section 49(1) for the definition of “the Ministers”. (2) Sections 49, 53 and 54 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 were brought into force on the day on which that Act was passed (27th

November 1997) by virtue of section 54(2) of that Act.

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8th April 1998

Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Northern Ireland Office

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 8th May 1998 those parts of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 which did not come into force on the passing of that Act.