{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species",
  "text": "The seed shall conform to the standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and the content of seeds of other plant species specified in the following table–\nTABLE I\nSpecies\nMinimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)\nMaximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)\nMinimum analytical purity (% by weight)\nMaximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)\nBasic Seed and Certified Seed\nBasic Seed and Certified Seed\nBasic Seed and Certified Seed (minimum standard)\nCertified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed (minimum standard)\nCertified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.\n(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.\n(c)Including Commercial Seed.\n(d)For Commercial Seed 3.5%.\nn/aNot applicable (no standard).\nGrasses\nCocksfoot\n80\n90\n90\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nFestulolium\n75\n96\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nHybrid ryegrass\n75\n96\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nItalian ryegrass\n75\n96\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nMeadow fescue\n80\n95\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nPerennial ryegrass\n80\n96\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nRed fescue\n75\n90\n95\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nSmooth-stalked meadowgrass\n75\n85\n90\n0.3\n2.0\n1.5\nTall fescue\n80\n95\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nTimothy (including small Timothy)\n80\n96\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nLegumes\nLucerne\n80\n40\n97\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nRed clover\n80\n20\n97\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nSainfoin\n75\n20\n95\n98\n0.3\n2.5\n1.5\nWhite clover\n80\n40\n97\n98\n0.3\n1.5\n1.5\nTABLE II\nSpecies\nMinimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)\nMaximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)\nMinimum analytical purity (% by weight)\nMaximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)\nAll categories\nAll categories\nAll categories\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.\n(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.\n(c)For Commercial Seed 97%.\n(d)For Commercial Seed 2.0%.\n(e)For Commercial Seed 3.0%.\nn/aNot applicable (no standard).\nGrasses\nAlaska brome-grass\n75\n97\n0.4\n1.5\nAnnual meadowgrass\n75\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nBrown top\n75\n90\n0.3\n2.0\nCreeping bent\n75\n90\n0.3\n2.0\nRed top\n80\n90\n0.3\n2.0\nRescue grass\n75\n97\n0.4\n1.5\nRough-stalked meadowgrass\n75\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nFine leaved sheep’s fescue\n75\nn/a\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nHard fescue\n75\nn/a\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nSheep’s fescue\n75\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nTall oatgrass\n75\n90\n0.3\n3.0\nVelvet bent\n75\n90\n0.3\n2.0\nWood meadowgrass\n75\n85\n0.3\n2.0\nLegumes\nAliske clover\n80\n20\n97\n0.3\n1.5\nBirdsfoot trefoil\n75\n40\n95\n0.3\n1.8\nCommon vetch\n85\n20\n98\n0.3\n1.0\nField bean\n80\n5\n98\n0.3\n0.5\nField pea\n80\n98\n0.3\n0.5\nHairy vetch\n85\n20\n98\n0.3\n1.0\nHungarian vetch\n85\n20\n98\n0.3\n1.0\nNarrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)\n75\n20\n98 (c)\n0.3\n0.5\nTrefoil\n80\n20\n97\n0.3\n1.5\nWhite lupin\n80\n20\n98 (c)\n0.3\n0.5\nYellow lupin\n80\n20\n98 (c)\n0.3\n0.5\nOthers\nFodder kale\n75\n98\n0.3\n1.0\nFodder radish\n80\n97\n0.3\n1.0\nSwede\n80\n98\n0.3\n1.0",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 13 Table entry inserted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in sch. 4 para. 13 Table substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 13 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "n/aNot applicable (no standard)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "(c)Including Commercial Seed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "(d)For Commercial Seed 3.5%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "(a)All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "n/aNot applicable (no standard)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "(e)For Commercial Seed 3.0%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "(b)Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "(c)For Commercial Seed 97%."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "(d)For Commercial Seed 2.0%."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:25:16.951299+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."
}