The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1978

• Citation: S.I. 1978/1003
• Sections: 2

Section 1

(1) This order may be cited as the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1978.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 2

(1) The repeal of Section 32 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (which enables the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State to make orders for the purpose of preventing the importation into the United Kingdom of certain kinds of seeds) shall take effect on 1st September 1978.

(2) The repeal of Section 2(4)(a) of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, (which provides that descriptions or marks applied in pursuance of the Seeds Act 1920 shall be deemed not to be trade descriptions) shall take effect on 1st September 1978.