S.I. No. 173/1989 - European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.

S.I. No. 173 of 1989.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SEED OF FODDER PLANTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1989.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 66/401/EEC of 14 June, 1966⁽¹⁾ (as amended) in the manner specified in Regulation 2 (2) of the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1981 ) as inserted by the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1986 ) (as amended by the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1987 ) and European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 161 of 1988 ))), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989, and shall come into operation on the 14th of July, 1989.

(2) The European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations 1981 to 1988 and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations 1981 to 1989 and shall be construed together as one.

2. In these Regulations:

"the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1981 );

"the Regulations of 1986" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1986 );

"the Regulations of 1987" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1987 );

⁽¹⁾ O.J. No. L125/2298 11 July, 1966.

"the Regulations of 1988" means the European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 161 of 1988 );

3. Regulation 20 (inserted by the Regulations of 1986) of the Principal Regulations (as amended by the Regulations of 1987 and 1988) is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in Part B (which is headed "Seed Testing Fees") of the following entry:—

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of July, 1989.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and

Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations, by amending existing Regulations on the marketing of fodder plant seed prescribe a revised scale of fees for the testing of fodder plant seed.