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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3026",
  "legislation_title": "The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Effective Size of the Population:",
  "text": "The appropriate authority shall be satisfied that stands consist of one or more groups of trees well distributed and sufficiently numerous to ensure adequate inter-pollination. Selected stands shall consist of a sufficient number and density of individuals on a given area so as to avoid the unfavourable effects of inbreeding.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 160(2) (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3026/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:37:38.037358+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."
}