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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1027",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Rectification of errors and irregularities",
  "text": "Any document delivered to, served on or given to the Controller in connection with the relevant legislation may, with the consent of the Controller after application made to him by the person by or on whose behalf the said document has been delivered, served or given, be amended and any irregularity in procedure may be excused or rectified, in either case upon such terms, if any, as the Controller shall direct and thereupon no proceeding shall be invalidated in consequence of any error, omission or irregularity so excused or rectified.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 applied (with modifications) (8.5.1998) by The Plants Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1021), regs. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 8.5.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1027/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:15.062051+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."
}