{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-farm-saved-seed-specified-information-regulations-1998/regulation-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-farm-saved-seed-specified-information-regulations-1998/regulation-5A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1026",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specified Information) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-farm-saved-seed-specified-information-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/5A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Evidence etc.",
  "text": "(1) A relevant rights holder (“the holder”) may request—\n(a) a farmer who has provided information under regulation 3, or\n(b) a seed processor who has provided information under regulation 4,\nto provide the holder with evidence which supports that information.\n(2) That evidence may take any of the following forms—\n(a) the provision of documentary evidence (such as receipts, invoices or official labels);\n(b) the specification of devices used for ensuring the identity of products processed;\n(c) allowing land, or processing or storage facilities, to be visited;\n(d) the provision of samples.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/204), regs. 1(1), 16(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1026/regulation/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:15.766494+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."
}