{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-9.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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Standards for varietal purity",
  "text": "The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and in particular the number of plants of the crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed–\nIn Crops to Produce\nBasic Seed\nSeed of a Certified Generation\n(a) In the case of all grasses except smooth stalked meadowgrass\nOne plant in 30 square metres\nOne plant in 10 square metres\n(b) In the case of all legumes except field peas & field beans and in the case of fodder radish\nOne plant in 30 square metres\nOne plant in 10 square metres\n(c) In the case of smooth stalked meadowgrass\n(i) apomictic uniclonal varieties\nOne plant in 20 square metres\nSix plants in 10 square metres\n(ii) all varieties except apomictic uniclonal varieties\nOne plant in 20 square metres\nFour plants in 10 square metres\nPlants of other species, the seeds of which are difficult to distinguish from the crop seeds in a laboratory test, shall be at a low level and in particular the number of plants of a ryegrass species or festulolium, other than the crop species itself, shall not exceed–\nIn Crops to Produce\nBasic Seed\nCertified Seed\nIn the case of perennial, Italian & hybrid ryegrass and festulolium\nOne plant in 50 square metres\nOne plant in 10 square metres",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 9 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/2005/329/schedule/4/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}