{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2131",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Emergency measures",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State reasonably considers that treated seeds are likely to constitute a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, the Secretary of State may issue a notice in writing restricting or prohibiting their sale or use, or both, in relation to England ....\n(1A) Where the Welsh Ministers reasonably consider that treated seeds are likely to constitute a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, they may issue a notice in writing restricting or prohibiting their sale or use, or both, in relation to Wales.\n(2) Where the Scottish Ministers reasonably consider that treated seeds are likely to constitute a serious risk to human or animal health or to the environment, they may issue a notice in writing restricting or prohibiting their sale or use, or both, in relation to Scotland.\n(3) A notice served pursuant to paragraph (1) , (1A) or (2) must—\n(a) set out the grounds for issuing the notice; and\n(b) give a time limit for compliance with the notice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1) omitted (1.3.2019) by virtue of The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 5(4)(a) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 5(1A) inserted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 5(4)(b) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(3) inserted (1.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(3), 5(4)(c) (with reg. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2131/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:06.622888+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."
}