{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seeds-regulations-1993/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2009",
  "legislation_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-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)(b)(i) or (2) a package (other than a small package, a small EEC A package or a small EEC B package) of Breeder’s Seed, Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation, Commercial Seed 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)(ii) or (iii) 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 small package, a small EEC A package or a small EEC B package in accordance with regulation 5(1)(b)(i) 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.\n(4) If a small EEC A package or a small EEC B package which has been sealed in accordance with paragraph (3) above or imported in accordance with regulation 5(1)(b)(ii) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt (W)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/3665",
      "affecting_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/247",
      "affecting_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1792",
      "affecting_title": "The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/616",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/56",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Wales) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/56",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Wales) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/564",
      "affecting_title": "The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2009/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:07.655383+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."
}