{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/328",
  "legislation_title": "The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of rye and cytoplasmic male sterility hybrid varieties of barley, durum wheat, spelt wheat and wheat",
  "text": "In the case of seed of a hybrid variety of rye or a cytoplasmic male sterility hybrid variety of barley , durum wheat, spelt wheat or wheat, the seed shall not be certified as Certified Seed unless due account has been taken of the results of official post control tests on samples of Basic Seed taken in accordance with regulation 15(1) and carried out during the growing season of the seed for which an application has been made for certification as Certified Seed to ascertain whether the Basic Seed has met the requirements for Basic Seed specified in these Regulations in respect of varietal identity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility and in respect of the minimum varietal purity.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 15 inserted (1.7.2016) by The Seed (Licensing and Enforcement etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/68), reg. 1(1), sch. 3 para. 2(6)(b)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 15 inserted (6.10.2023) by The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/193), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15 heading substituted (6.10.2023) by The Cereal Seed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/193), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/328/schedule/4/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:25:17.713216+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."
}