{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-18.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/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Standards for loose smut infection",
  "text": "In any sample of seed the maximum percentage by number of loose smut infection shall be as follows–\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nCategory (Barley, durum wheat, spelt wheat and wheat)\nLevel (where appropriate)\nMaximum percentage by number of loose smut infection\n(a) Basic Seed\nHVS\n0.1%\nMinimum\n0.5%\n(b) Certified Seed\n–\n0.5%\n(c) Certified Seed of the First Generation\nHVS\n0.2%\nMinimum\n0.5%\n(d) Certified Seed of the Second Generation\nHVS\n0.2%\nMinimum\n0.5%\nSeeds produced from a crop which has failed on official examination to meet the standards laid down by this paragraph may nevertheless be eligible for official certification–\n(a) if they have been adequately treated by any method approved by the Scottish Ministers for the control of loose smut; or\n(b) if an embryo test carried out by an official seed testing station, on the sample submitted for official examination, shows that the seeds met these standards.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 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/18",
    "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."
}