The Plant Varieties Act (Amendment) Regulations 2026
These Regulations revoke and replace parts of section 9(10)(b) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66) to clarify the definition of ‘small farmer’ in relation to farm saved seed. These amendments are made to secondary assimilated law within the meaning of section 11(2) (as read with section 14(10)) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28).
Lifecycle
Department
Made
24 Feb 2026
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Comes into force
TBC
Enabling power
The requirements of paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
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