{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-7.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/6/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation",
  "text": "The label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation shall–\n(a) contain the following information–\n(i) the words “GB rules and standards”;\n(ii) name and address of the person responsible for fixing the label;\n(iii) reference number of the seed lot;\n(iv) species;\n(v) variety;\n(vi) category;\n(vii) declared net weight, except in the case of packages not exceeding 15 grams net weight; and\n(viii) in the case of Certified Seed of the First Generation or Certified Seed of the Second Generation of oats officially classified as being of a naked oat type the words “minimum germination capacity 75%”; and\n(ix) for hybrid varieties of maize, the word “hybrid”; and\n(b) be coloured–\n(i) white with a diagonal violet line for Pre basic Seed;\n(ii) white for Basic Seed;\n(iii) blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation; and\n(iv) red for Certified Seed of the Second Generation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. 6 para. 7(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 13(24)(f) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 14(21)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 7 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/6/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}