{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Seed to which these Regulations apply",
  "text": "Plants to which the Regulations apply\nCommon name (for guidance only)\nBeet\nBeta vulgaris L.\nsugar beet, fodder beet (including mangel)\nCereals\nAvena nuda L.\nsmall naked oat, hulless oat\nAvena sativa L. (includes A.byzantina K. Koch)\noats and red oat\nHordeum vulgare L.\nBarley\nSecale cereale L.\nRye\nTriticum aestivum L.\nWheat\nTriticum durum Desf.\ndurum wheat\nTriticum spelta L.\nspelt wheat\nx Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus – hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale\nTriticale\nZea mays L. (partim)\nmaize (except popcorn and sweetcorn)\nFodder plants\nFine grasses:\nAgrostis canina L.\nvelvet bent\nAgrostis capillaris L.\nbrown top\nAgrostis gigantea Roth\nred top\nAgrostis stolonifera L.\ncreeping bent grass\nFestuca filiformis Pourr.\nfine leaved sheep’s fescue\nFestuca ovina L.\nsheep’s fescue\nFestuca rubra L.\nred fescue, Chewings fescue\nFestuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina\nhard fescue\nPoa annua L.\nannual meadowgrass\nPoa nemoralis L.\nwood meadowgrass\nPoa pratensis L.\nsmooth-stalked meadowgrass\nPoa trivialis L.\nrough-stalked meadowgrass\nxFestulolium Asch. & Graebn. – Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium\nFestulolium\nFodder grasses:\nArrhenatherumelatius (L.) P.Beauv.ex J. Presl & C. Presl\ntall oatgrass\nBromus catharticus Vahl.\nrescue grass\nBromus sitchensis Trin.\nAlaska brome-grass\nDactylis glomerata L.\nCocksfoot\nFestuca arundinacea Schreber\ntall fescue\nFestuca pratensis Huds.\nmeadow fescue\nLolium multiflorum Lam.\nItalian ryegrass including Westerwold ryegrass\nLolium perenne L.\nperennial ryegrass\nLolium x hybridum Hausskn\nhybrid ryegrass\nPhleum nodosum L.\nsmall timothy\nPhleum pratense L.\nTimothy\nSmall seeded legumes:\nLotus corniculatus L.\nbirdsfoot trefoil\nMedicago lupulina L.\ntrefoil, black medick\nMedicago sativa L.\nLucerne\nMedicago x varia T. Martyn\nsand lucerne\nOnobrychis viciifolia Scop.\nsainfoin\nTrifolium hybridum L.\nAlsike clover\nTrifolium pratense L.\nred clover\nTrifolium repens L.\nwhite clover\nLarge seeded legumes:\nLupinus albus L.\nwhite lupin\nLupinus angustifolius L.\nnarrow leaved lupin (previously known as blue lupin)\nLupinus luteus L.\nyellow lupin\nPisum sativum L. (partim)\nfield pea\nVicia faba L. (partim)\nfield bean\nVicia pannonica Crantz\nHungarian vetch\nVicia sativa L.\ncommon vetch\nVicia villosa Roth\nhairy vetch\nCrucifers:\nBrassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb.\nSwede\nBrassica oleracea L. convar. acephala (DC.) Alef. var. medullosa Thell. + var. viridis L.\nfodder kale\nRaphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers.\nfodder radish\nOil and fibre plants\nBrassica juncea (L.) Czern.\nbrown mustard\nBrassica napus L. (partim)\nswede rape (including plants commonly known as fodder rape and oilseed rape)\nBrassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch\nblack mustard\nBrassica rapa L. var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs\nturnip rape\nCannabis sativa L.\nHemp\nGlycine max (L.) Merr.\nsoya bean\nHelianthus annuus L.\nSunflower\nLinum usitatissimum L.\nflax, linseed\nSinapis alba L.\nwhite mustard\nVegetables\nAllium cepa L.\n–\n—Cepa Group\nOnion, Echalion\nAllium porrum L.\nLeek\n—all varieties\nApium graveolens L.\n–\n—Celery Group\n–\n—Celeriac Group\n–\nAsparagus officinalis L.\nAsparagus\n—all varieties\nBeta vulgaris L.\n–\n—Garden Beet Group\nBeetroot including Cheltenham beet\n—Leaf Beet Group\nSpinach beet or Chard\nBrassica oleracea L.\n–\n—Kale Group\n–\n—Cauliflower Group\n–\n—Capitata Group\nRed cabbage and White cabbage\n—Brussel Sprouts Group\n–\n—Kohlrabi Group\n–\n—Savoy Cabbage Group\n–\n—Broccoli Group\nCalabrese type and Sprouting type\n—Palm Kale Group\n–\n—Tronchuda Group\nPortuguese cabbage\nBrassica rapa L.\n–\n—Chinese Cabbage Group\n–\n—Vegetable Turnip Group\n–\nCichorium endivia L.\nEndive\n—all varieties\nCucumis melo L.\nMelon\n—all varieties\nCucumis sativus L.\n—Cucumber Group\n—Gherkin Group\n–\n–\n–\nCucurbita maxima Duchesne\nGourd\n—all varieties\nCucurbita pepo L.\nMarrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, or Courgette, including immature scallop squash\n—all varieties\nDaucus carota L.\nCarrot and Fodder Carrot\n—all varieties\nLactuca sativa L.\nLettuce\n—all varieties\nSolanum lycopersicum L.\nTomato\n—all varieties\nPetroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill\n–\n—Leaf Parsley Group\n–\n—Root Parsley Group\n–\nPhaseolus coccineus L.\nRunner bean\n—all varieties\nPhaseolus vulgaris L.\n–\n—Dwarf French Bean Group\n–\n—Climbing French Bean Group\n–\nPisum sativum L.\n–\n—Round Pea Group\n–\n—Wrinkled Pea Group\n–\n—Sugar Pea Group\n–\nRaphanus sativus L.\n–\n—Radish Group\n–\n—Black Radish Group\n–\nSpinacia oleracea L.\nSpinach\n—all varieties\nVicia faba L.\nBroad bean\n—all varieties\nZea mays L.\n–\n—Sweet Corn Group\n–\n—Popcorn Group\n–\nAny hybrid of the vegetable species or Groups listed above",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2017) by The Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/288), regs. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.7.2020) by The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/579), regs. 1(1), 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/schedule/1",
    "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."
}