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The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Scottish Statutory Instrument 2014 No. 111 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
23 April 2014
In force from
26 May 2014
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under
Directive 2008/72/EC, European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations amend the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”) in order to change the botanical name for tomato to reflect revisions to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. This implements Article 2 of Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU, which amends Council Directive 2008/72/EC (regulations 3 and 4). They also update references in the 1995 Regulations to provisions in the previous Directive on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (Council Directive 92/33/EEC) to correspond to provisions in the codified version of that Directive (2008/72/EC) (regulations 3-5). The 1995 Regulations apply to the list of genera and species in Annex II to the Council Directive 2008/72/EC, as it is amended from time to time (regulation 4). Regulation 6 of these Regulations inserts a new regulation 14 of the 1995 Regulations, to make provision regarding the commission of offences by bodies corporate, Scottish partnerships and unincorporated associations. These Regulations extend to Scotland only. A Transposition Note is incorporated within the Policy Note which is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk, or from the Scottish Government - Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities Directorate, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD. No Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations as they have no impact on costs to business.

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