S.I. No. 489/2000 - Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Commencement) Order, 2000.

1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Commencement) Order, 2000.

2. The 14th day of December 2000 is hereby appointed as the day on which the

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998

(No. 41 of 1998), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of December, 2000.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order prescribes the 14th day of December 2000 as the date on which the

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998

(No. 41 of 1998), shall come into force.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 24

(3) of the

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998

(No. 41 of 1998) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 (

S.I. No. 307 of 1999

)), hereby order as follows