Series
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Plant Varieties and Seeds Division,...
Catalogue reference: MAF 755
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MAF 755
This series contains records relating to amendments to seed regulations, seed registration licensing and enforcement regulations; review of fees for Plant Breeders’ Rights and National Lists; review of seed certification testing and enforcement;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 755
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Plant Varieties and Seeds Division, Cambridge (PSP Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1998-2009
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to amendments to seed regulations, seed registration licensing and enforcement regulations; review of fees for Plant Breeders’ Rights and National Lists; review of seed certification testing and enforcement; consultation regarding arrangements for early multiplication of seeds and proposed amendments to seed legislation and implementation of EC Regulations; discussion on Commission proposals concerning seed equivalence with third countries.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to Policy and Procedure, Classification of Plant Varieties (PVC Series) see MAF 398
For the records relating to the Protection of Plant Varieties (PVA Series) see MAF 405
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PSP
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 32 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2021 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Following the passage of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 a new Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division was established and was responsible for all aspects of work relating to plant breeder?s rights, species lists and catalogues, the index, seed quality and liaison with the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, the Official Seed Testing Station and the National Seed Development Organisation Ltd.
The act provided for the granting of proprietary rights to plant breeders or individuals discovering new plants, and conferred on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the power to regulate the trade in seeds, including the naming of varieties by way of official indexes of approved varieties and plant names.
PSP file series was opened in 1975 for the use of the Plant Variety Rights Office and remained in their use until 2009, when it became part of the new Food and Environment Research Agency. However the policy area of PVS was transferred back to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2011.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17460322/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Plant Varieties and Seeds Division, Cambridge (PSP Prefix Series)