{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Withdrawing certification",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may withdraw certification from any seed if satisfied that—\n(a) the seed, or the seed from which the crop producing the seed was grown, was incorrectly sampled;\n(b) the crop from which the seed was harvested did not meet the conditions in Schedule 2; or\n(c) the seed—\n(i) did not meet the conditions in Schedule 2 when it was tested; or\n(ii) no longer meets those conditions.\n(2) If certification is withdrawn the Secretary of State must notify the certification applicant.\n(3) Within 7 days of being notified the applicant must notify any person to whom they have sold or supplied the seed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:01.369601+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."
}