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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Amendment) Regulations 1977, and shall come into operation on 1st August 1977.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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In section 16(3)(f) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (which enables the Ministers to make regulations requiring persons who grow and deal in seeds to supply information as to, and to keep records of, seeds crops grown and harvested by them) for the word “acreages” there shall be substituted the word “areas”.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 28th June 1977.
John Silkin
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Bruce Millan
Secretary of State for Scotland
30th June 1977