{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-heterogeneous-material-temporary-experiment-england-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-heterogeneous-material-temporary-experiment-england-regulations-2023/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/676",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing (Heterogeneous Material) (Temporary Experiment) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-heterogeneous-material-temporary-experiment-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Temporary experiment",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may grant a licence for the purpose of participating in an experiment organised in accordance with these Regulations.\n(2) An experiment is established in accordance with regulation 21A of the 2011 Regulations, the purpose of which is to seek alternatives that may be more suitable for use under particular conditions to seed complying with all the requirements specified in the 2011 Regulations.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), improved alternatives to requirements under the 2011 Regulations may include those better adapted to—\n(a) climate change, including extreme weather conditions;\n(b) specific environments;\n(c) pests and diseases;\n(d) low input agriculture.\n(4) The activities to be carried out in relation to the experiment may include, but are not limited to—\n(a) the development of a population;\n(b) the generation and collection of data relating to the population, including—\n(i) identification and traceability;\n(ii) identification of the region of production;\n(c) the marketing of a population.\n(5) The experiment begins on the day on which these Regulations come into force and ends at the end of the day on 13th July 2030.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/676/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:53.193967+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."
}