{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-26.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/5/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a sample",
  "text": "(1) The minimum weight of a sample submitted for official examination shall be that specified in column 4 of the table set out in sub paragraph (2) in relation to the corresponding entries in columns 1 and 2 of the table.\n(2) The minimum weight of a sample for moisture testing shall be that specified in column 5 of the following table:–\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nSpecies\nLevel (where applicable)\nMaximum weight of a lot\nMinimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot\nMinimum weight of a sample for a moisture test\nWeight of the sample for determination by number in accordance with paragraph 16 of Part II of Schedule 4\n(tonnes)\n(grams)\n(grams)\n(grams)\nBarley, durum wheat, oats, spelt wheat and wheat\nMinimum\n30\n1,000\n100\n500\nHVS\n30\n1,000\n100\n1,000\nRye and triticale\n–\n30\n1,000\n100\n500\nMaize, Basic Seed of inbred lines\n–\n40\n250\n100\n250\nMaize, Basic Seed other than of inbred lines and Certified Seed\n–\n40\n1,000\n100\n1,000\nA mixture of seed to which regulation 8 applies which does not contain more than 50% maize\nMinimum\n30\n–\n–\n–\nHVS\n30\n—\n–\n–\nA mixture of seed to which regulation 8 applies which contains more than 50% maize\n–\n40\n–\n–\n–",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 26(2) table substituted (26.9.2006) by The Cereal Seed (Scotland) and Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/448), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 26 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/5/paragraph/26",
    "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."
}