{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-9/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-great-britain-regulations-2002/schedule-9/paragraph-2.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/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sets",
  "text": "(a) Sets shall not be considered to be of fair marketable quality if any of the following defects exist:\n(i) their wood is more than three years old;\n(ii) they have less than five 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(v) they have injuries other than pruning cuts;\n(vi) they have multiple stems;\n(vii) they have excessive stem curvature.\n(b) Size classes for sets\nClass\nMinimum diameter (mm) at mid-length\nMinimum height (m)\nNon-Mediterranean regions\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nN2\n15\n3.00\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(b) table 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)(b); (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)(b); 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)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(b) table 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)(b); (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)(b); 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)(b)(ii); 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/2",
    "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."
}