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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2005",
  "legislation_title": "The Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Sealing of packages",
  "text": "(1) No person shall market in accordance with regulation 5(1)(a) or (2), a package (other than a package of Uncertified Pre-basic Seed or a small package of seeds) of Breeder’s Seed, Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation or a mixture of seeds unless it has been, not later than at the time of sampling, sealed by or under the supervision of a person authorised by the Minister in that behalf in such a manner that when the package is opened the sealing device will be broken and cannot be re-used.\n(2) If a package of seeds which has been sealed in accordance with paragraph 1 above or imported in accordance with regulation 5(1)(b) or (c) shall have been opened it may not be re-sealed or further re-sealed except by or under the supervision of a person authorised by the Minister in that behalf.\n(3) No person shall market a package of Uncertified Pre-basic Seed or a small package of seeds in accordance with regulation 5(1)(a) or (2) unless it has been sealed with a sealing device in such a manner that when the package is opened the sealing device is broken and cannot be re-used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/56",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Wales) 2003"
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      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Wales) 2003"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2002/564",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2002/564",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/520",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/520",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2002"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2005/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:10.634161+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."
}