{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-vegetable-plant-material-regulations-1995/regulation-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-vegetable-plant-material-regulations-1995/regulation-4A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2652",
  "legislation_title": "The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-vegetable-plant-material-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/4A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Plant material from outside the United Kingdom: authorisation",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, may authorise the marketing of plant material from any country outside the European Union if satisfied that the plant material has been produced under conditions equivalent to the requirements in these Regulations for plant material.\n(2) An authorisation given under this regulation—\n(a) must be in writing;\n(b) may be subject to conditions; and\n(c) may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4A inserted (E.W.) (26.9.2019) by The Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Breeders' Rights and Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1220), regs. 1(2)(a), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4A(1) substituted (E.W.) (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 4(2A) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 29(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2652/regulation/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:04.733461+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."
}