{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-26.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/5/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Minimum weight of a sample",
  "text": "The minimum weight of a sample submitted for official examination shall be that specified in column 3 of the following table in relation to the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table–\nSpecies\nMaximum weight of a lot (tonnes)\nMinimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot (grams)\nWeight of the sample for the determinations by number provided for in Schedule 4, Part II, paragraph 14, Table I columns 3 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 together with paragraph 14 Table II columns 3 to 7, 9 and 13.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nGrasses\nAlaska brome-grass\n10\n200\n200\nAnnual meadowgrass\n10\n50\n10\nBrown top\n10\n50\n5\nCocksfoot\n10\n100\n30\nCreeping bent\n10\n50\n5\nFestulolium\n10\n200\n60\nHybrid ryegrass\n10\n200\n60\nItalian ryegrass (including Westerwolds ryegrass)\n10\n200\n60\nMeadow fescue\n10\n100\n50\nPerennial ryegrass\n10\n200\n60\nRed fescue, Chewings fescue\n10\n100\n30\nRed top\n10\n50\n5\nRescue grass\n10\n200\n200\nRough-stalked meadowgrass\n10\n50\n5\nFine leaved sheep’s fescue\n10\n100\n30\nHard fescue\n10\n100\n30\nSheep’s fescue\n10\n100\n30\nSmall Timothy\n10\n50\n10\nSmooth-stalked meadowgrass\n10\n50\n5\nTall oatgrass\n10\n200\n80\nTall fescue\n10\n100\n50\nTimothy\n10\n50\n10\nVelvet bent\n10\n50\n5\nWood meadowgrass\n10\n50\n5\nLegumes\nAlsike clover\n10\n200\n20\nBirdsfoot trefoil\n10\n200\n30\nCommon vetch\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nField bean\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nField pea\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nHairy vetch\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nHungarian vetch\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nLucerne\n10\n300\n50\nNarrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nRed clover\n10\n300\n50\nSainfoin\n(a) fruit\n10\n600\n600\n(b) seed\n10\n400\n400\nTrefoil, Black medick\n10\n300\n50\nWhite clover\n10\n200\n20\nWhite lupin\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nYellow lupin\n30\n1,000\n1,000\nOthers\nFodder kale\n10\n200\n100\nFodder radish\n10\n300\n300\nSwede\n10\n200\n100",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 26 Table entry substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in sch. 5 para. 26 Table substituted (2.11.2009) by The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/330), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 26 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/5/paragraph/26",
    "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."
}