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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-scotland-no-2-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/148",
  "legislation_title": "The Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beet-seed-scotland-no-2-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "When applications may be refused",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers may refuse to issue an official certificate in respect of a seed lot if it appears to them that—\n(a) a sample taken from the seed lot for the purpose of an official examination to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards specified in Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with regulation 17(1);\n(b) an official examination of a control plot or an examination of a post control plot, sown with a sample of the seed lot shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4; or\n(c) there has been any breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which the application for an official certificate has been made.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/148/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:56:15.814692+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}