{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-33.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/404",
  "legislation_title": "The Forest Reproductive Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) Forest reproductive material intended for purposes other than forestry which is in the form of planting stock or parts of plants shall be exempted from the requirements of these Regulations.\n(2) Where a supplier markets forest reproductive material both for forestry and other purposes, material exempted by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a label or document bearing the statement: “Not for forestry purposes”, unless it is plain from a label accompanying it, in compliance (where applicable) with any United Kingdom ... legal requirement, that the material is not intended for forestry purposes.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 33(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 32; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 33 in operation at 1.1.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1030",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/404/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:30.513505+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."
}