{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-9/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-9/paragraph-1.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/9/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Stem cuttings",
  "text": "(a) Stem cuttings shall not be considered to be of fair marketable quality if any of the following defects exist:\n(i) their wood is more than two years old;\n(ii) they have less than two well formed buds;\n(iii) they are affected by necroses or show damage by harmful organisms;\n(iv) they show signs of desiccation, overheating, mould or decay.\n(b) Minimum dimensions for stem cuttings–\nminimum length: 20 cm,\nminimum top diameter:\nClass ... 1: 8 mm\nClass ... 2: 10 mm.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 9 para. 1(b) omitted: (E.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 6(23)(a); (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Forestry) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1492), regs. 2(b), 6(24)(a); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/130), regs. 1(1), 66(23)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3026/schedule/9/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}