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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forest-reproductive-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "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": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Isolation",
  "text": "The Department shall be satisfied that stands are situated at a reasonable distance from poor stands of the same species, or from stands of a related species or variety which can form hybrids with the species in respect of which application is made, so as to reduce the chances of the stand’s quality and characteristics being detrimentally affected by such poor stands. The Department shall pay particular attention to this requirement when the stands surrounding autochthonous or indigenous stands are not autochthonous or indigenous or if they are of unknown origin.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in operation at 1.1.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/404/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}