{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993/schedule-4/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2005",
  "legislation_title": "The Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cereal-seeds-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Standards for varietal purity, species purity and wild oats",
  "text": "Crops to produce\nLevel\nVarietal purity (excluding rye and maize) percentage by number\nSpecies purity (excluding rye and maize) percentage by number\nWild oats maximum number per hectare\noats\nbarley\nwheat durum and spelt wheat\nrye and maize\ntriticale\n* Wild oats — Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena luoviciana.\n! For rye the number of plants of the same crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed one per 30 sq m for the production of Basic Seed and one per 10 sq m for the production of Certified Seed.\n+ Crops to produce seeds at the Higher Voluntary Standard must not be more than one—third laid at the time of inspection.\n# For maize, the crop shall comply with the standards set out in paragraph 8(d) below.\nBasic Seed Minimum\nHigher Voluntary Standard\n99.95\n99.99\nNil\n7\n7\n—\n—\nstandard\n99.9\nNo standard\nNil\n7\n7\n7\n7\nCertified Seed\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n—\n50\n—\nCertified Seed of the First Generation\nHigher Voluntary Standard\n99.9\n99.99\nNil\n7\n7\n—\n—\nMinimum Standard\n99.7\nNo standard\nNil\n20\n50\n—\n50\nCertified Seed of the Second Generation\nHigher Voluntary Standard\n99.7\n99.99\nNil\n7\n7\n—\n—\nMinimum Standard\n99.0\nNo standard\nNil\n20\n50\n—\n—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "! For rye the number of plants of the same crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed one per 30 sq m for the production of Basic Seed and one per 10 sq m for the production of Certified Seed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "# For maize, the crop shall comply with the standards set out in paragraph 8(d) below."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "* Wild oats — Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena luoviciana."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "+ Crops to produce seeds at the Higher Voluntary Standard must not be more than one—third laid at the time of inspection."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2005/schedule/4/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}