(1)  The Board may issue guidelines for the education and guidance of holders of a poppy research licence or poppy grower's licence.

(2)  The guidelines are not –

(a) a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 ; or

(b) subordinate legislation for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .

(3)  The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of the guidelines as if the guidelines were by-laws.